Priceless!

"There are millions of people in Iraq who have sacrificed in the hope that the United States will finish its work here. We should never forget that." -- Lt. Gen. Raymond Odierno, Commander U.S. III Corps

Wow, talk about an inconvenient truth! 

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"There are no stupid questions. Only stupid people who ask questions." - Chris Berman 

Should we expect to see an interview with Satan on The Today Show where he discusses how all these supposedly dead people being brought back to life under the Bush Administration is having a horrible impact on Hell, and the personnel shortage is forcing him to cut back his efforts to keep it hot, thus releasing more heat into the planet, resulting in more Bush-made global warming?

The LA Times, in today's edition, put up a touchy piece on the lying journalist, Dia al-Kawwaz (LA Times spells it Kawaz). All in all it's a relatively fair shot by the LA Times, as it gets the facts straight. However, seems the story spends too much time on promoting sympathy for the plight of journalists in Iraq, and ends on this odd note: 

Kawaz said he remained unconvinced that all of his relatives were fine despite the television appearance of two of his sisters and his mother's statement confirming the family's well-being. He suggested the family might have been coerced into denying an attack occurred.

I suppose had Kawwaz suggested that President Bush might have the bodies stashed in the basement at the White House, the LA Times would have printed that as well. 

What's missing in the story is a connection to the very current story of Bilal Hussein, the Iraqi journalist who is accused of faking photographs, etc., and was taken into US military custody for having links to terrorist groups operating inside Iraq. The LA Times covered that story on Nov. 20th, but that story completely skipped the journalistic ethical questions, instead focusing on the criminal law aspects of Hussein's arrest, confinement and due process.

In both stories, what is missing is the sense of outrage by journalists themselves that some in the media are so severely violating the trust of the public. Perhaps, what is most evident here is that, as history as shown, there exists a "blue wall of silence" within the media much like Frank Serpico experienced in the NYPD. 

What to do?  Does Dia al-Kawwaz (Dhia Alkoozi) actually mourn for real now or rejoice at this latest "development"?  No question Code Pinko's are wailing even louder.

Regardless, exposing this recent media scam certainly explains why Iraq war correspondents are still deeply pessimistic about conditions in Iraq.  The truth hurts.

INFIDELS!!!!!!!!!!!!!! 

The only thing you should feel when shooting insurgents is the rifle recoil.