How the Media really distorts war!

Fribble · Post by **Fribble** » July 13, 2004 12:36 pm

If it happened today, the story of D-Day might read something
like this...

June 6, 1944. -NORMANDY-

Three hundred French civilians were killed and
thousands more wounded today in the first hours of
America's invasion of continental Europe. Casualties
were heaviest among women and children.

Most of the French casualties were the result of
artillery fire from American ships attempting to
knock out German fortifications prior to the landing
of hundreds of thousands of U.S. troops. Reports
from a makeshift hospital in the French town of St.
Mere Eglise said the carnage was far worse than the
French had anticipated and reaction against the
American invasion was running high.

"We are dying for no reason," said a Frenchman
speaking on condition of anonymity. "Americans can't
even shoot straight. I never thought I'd say this,
but life was better under Adolph Hitler."

The invasion also caused severe environmental
damage. American troops, tanks, trucks and machinery
destroyed miles of pristine shoreline and thousands
of acres of ecologically sensitive wetlands. It was
believed that the habitat of the spineless French
crab was completely wiped out, threatening the
species with extinction.

A representative of Greenpeace said his
organization, which had tried to stall the invasion
for over a year, was appalled at the destruction,
but not surprised.

"This is just another example of how the military
destroys the environment without a second thought, "
said Christine Moanmore. "And it's all about
corporate greed."

Contacted at his Manhattan condo, a member of the
French government-in-exile who abandoned Paris when
Hitler invaded said the invasion was based solely on
American financial interests. "Everyone knows the
President Roosevelt has ties to big beer," said
Pierre LeWimp. "Once the German beer industry is
conquered, Roosevelt's beer cronies will control the
world market and make a fortune."

Administration supporters said America's aggressive
actions were based in part on the assertions of
controversial scientist Albert Einstein, who sent a
letter to Roosevelt speculating that the Germans
were developing a secret weapon, a so-called "atomic
bomb." Such a weapon could produce casualties on a
scale never seen before and cause environmental
damage that could last for thousands of years.

Hitler has denied having such a weapon and
international inspectors were unable to locate such
weapons even after spending two long weekends in
Germany.

Shortly after the invasion began reports surfaced
that German prisoners had been abused by Americans.
Mistreatment of Jews by Germans at so-called
"concentration camps" has been rumored but so far,
remains unproven.

Several thousand Americans died during the first
hours of the invasion and French officials are
concerned that uncollected corpses pose a public
health risk. "The Americans should have planned for
this in advance," they said. "It's their mess and we
don't intend to clean it up."

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I'm glad the soldiers who fought and died so bravely
on D-Day and throughout World War II did so decades
ago. In the 1940s war was hell, but at least our
troops didn't have to fight the folks back home.

tommcat327 · Post by **tommcat327** » July 13, 2004 12:40 pm

THAT WAS GREAT

AND PROBABLY RIGHT

sailingagain · Post by **sailingagain** » July 13, 2004 12:43 pm

That's sad because it probably would be accurate.

iuparrothead · Post by **iuparrothead** » July 13, 2004 2:00 pm

AMEN!!! Thanks for posting that Frib! It p*** me off so much... it's so disgustingly true!!!

Ilph · Post by **Ilph** » July 13, 2004 4:38 pm

iuparrothead wrote:AMEN!!! Thanks for posting that Frib! It p*** me off so much... it's so disgustingly true!!!

wIUPs

Lightning Bolt · Post by **Lightning Bolt** » July 13, 2004 5:45 pm

Thanks so much for the nice fiction. Even more baseless than F9/11.
Save us the drama, support our troops that are stuck there now
and go vote (if you're allowed to) in November.

Now let's get back to our boy JB
That's what we're HERE for anyway

TheSecretsInTheCrust · Post by **TheSecretsInTheCrust** » July 13, 2004 6:39 pm

WOW...Frib...I could not agree more. The only unchecked part of scociety that helps determine elections in the media. I don't believe that they are one way or the other, just who will sell more papers and controversy sells.
I have had a steady communication with a Marine in Flujia(sp?). He has told me that the news media is so distorting the facts. To occasionally staging for their story. The troops are suffering more from heat and boredom than from disgruntled Iraqi's

Coconuts · Post by **Coconuts** » July 13, 2004 6:48 pm

To even post something that attemps to equate Iraq with D-Day is disrespectful to our WW2 Vets, Holocaust survivors and people currently serving in Iraq.

Thesecretsinthecrust, I'm glad your friend's bored, but I've heard a lot different stories.

Key Lime Lee · Post by **Key Lime Lee** » July 13, 2004 8:36 pm

Sorry Frib.... I find the humor a little offensive.... Americans are dying in Iraq - no one is making that up.

Fribble wrote:If it happened today, the story of D-Day might read something
like this...

Shortly after the invasion began reports surfaced
that German prisoners had been abused by Americans.
Mistreatment of Jews by Germans at so-called
"concentration camps" has been rumored but so far,
remains unproven.

It was wrong for American soldiers to abuse prisoners, period. It goes against the principles we stand for. This wasnt alleged - it was well documented. It bothers me that the piece would make light of the American invasion or imply that today the world wouldn't take the concentration camps seriously. We would.

Fribble wrote: Several thousand Americans died during the first
hours of the invasion and French officials are
concerned that uncollected corpses pose a public
health risk. "The Americans should have planned for
this in advance," they said. "It's their mess and we
don't intend to clean it up."

OUR PRESIDENT chose a unilateral invasion... and under international law it becomes our mess. We had no shortage of nations suggesting we shouldn't go in. And it's well-documented that we didn't plan well for the war. Is it really the responsibility of a UN that we insulted to come help us? We're the ones who said we didn't need them.

Fribble wrote:I'm glad the soldiers who fought and died so bravely
on D-Day and throughout World War II did so decades
ago. In the 1940s war was hell, but at least our
troops didn't have to fight the folks back home.

I think this statement is entirely unfounded. I haven't seen ANYONE - pro war or anti-war - not supporting the men and women who are serving this nation. You can disagree with what they're asked to do and still support them for doing their job. I like to think I'm a pretty good example of someone strongly opposed to the invasion but doing what I can to show my support for my fellow Americans whose job it is to be there.

I'm grateful that we have men and women (such as yourself Frib) who answered the call of duty and were so committed to this country that they would do whatever they were asked, without question. We owe you a huge debt of gratitude.

prrthd1987 · Post by **prrthd1987** » July 13, 2004 9:16 pm

Lightning Bolt wrote:Even more baseless than F9/11.

And that's hard to do!!!
Who else walked out of the theatre p*** off because the movie had no point?

RhumChum · Post by **RhumChum** » July 14, 2004 8:20 am

I have never pesonally fought in a war, but being the product of a family with long line of military experience, have said goodbye to many of them who have fought.

I do not subscribe to the thought that speaking out against the war is speaking out against our forces over there. The fact that we invaded Iraq for a specifc reason and that reason has proved inacurate is what has me for one questioning the actions of the president.

I do have trouble with the media providing so much information that it confuses those of us left behind to wait for our loved ones, and in some cases undermines the efforts of those over there.

Just wait and listen to the stories of those who return and they will tell you the impact of the media reports first hand.

PHBeerman · Post by **PHBeerman** » July 14, 2004 8:23 am

Key Lime Lee wrote:Sorry Frib.... I find the humor a little offensive.... Americans are dying in Iraq - no one is making that up.

Fribble wrote:If it happened today, the story of D-Day might read something
like this...

Shortly after the invasion began reports surfaced
that German prisoners had been abused by Americans.
Mistreatment of Jews by Germans at so-called
"concentration camps" has been rumored but so far,
remains unproven.
It was wrong for American soldiers to abuse prisoners, period. It goes against the principles we stand for. This wasnt alleged - it was well documented. It bothers me that the piece would make light of the American invasion or imply that today the world wouldn't take the concentration camps seriously. We would.

Fribble wrote: Several thousand Americans died during the first
hours of the invasion and French officials are
concerned that uncollected corpses pose a public
health risk. "The Americans should have planned for
this in advance," they said. "It's their mess and we
don't intend to clean it up."
OUR PRESIDENT chose a unilateral invasion... and under international law it becomes our mess. We had no shortage of nations suggesting we shouldn't go in. And it's well-documented that we didn't plan well for the war. Is it really the responsibility of a UN that we insulted to come help us? We're the ones who said we didn't need them.

Fribble wrote:I'm glad the soldiers who fought and died so bravely
on D-Day and throughout World War II did so decades
ago. In the 1940s war was hell, but at least our
troops didn't have to fight the folks back home.
I think this statement is entirely unfounded. I haven't seen ANYONE - pro war or anti-war - not supporting the men and women who are serving this nation. You can disagree with what they're asked to do and still support them for doing their job. I like to think I'm a pretty good example of someone strongly opposed to the invasion but doing what I can to show my support for my fellow Americans whose job it is to be there.

I'm grateful that we have men and women (such as yourself Frib) who answered the call of duty and were so committed to this country that they would do whatever they were asked, without question. We owe you a huge debt of gratitude.

But what you forget is that people were dying in larger numbers in Iraq before we removed the dictator.

CaribbnSoul · Post by **CaribbnSoul** » July 14, 2004 8:47 am

prrthd1987 wrote:
Lightning Bolt wrote:Even more baseless than F9/11.
And that's hard to do!!!
Who else walked out of the theatre p*** off because the movie had no point?

I haven't seen it yet, but i heard he tries to make some connection with Bush and the Bin Laden families, along with Saudi oil families...whats the deal there?

mexcooker12 · Post by **mexcooker12** » July 14, 2004 9:32 am

Fribble your an idiot, how could you ever possibly say sometrhing like "things werent that bad under hitler", I know you were just making a comparison to todays war but to even say something like that is moronic. If there are any Jewish people on this board I bet they would be offended by such a dumb and thoughtless comment. Have you ever read anything about history and about the Holocaust? Its not possible for things to have "been not that bad under Hitler". Saddam was doing teh same thing, gassing his own people, get your facts straight before you make any more dumb comments.

PHBeerman · Post by **PHBeerman** » July 14, 2004 9:43 am

mexcooker12 wrote:Fribble your an idiot, how could you ever possibly say sometrhing like "things werent that bad under hitler", I know you were just making a comparison to todays war but to even say something like that is moronic. If there are any Jewish people on this board I bet they would be offended by such a dumb and thoughtless comment. Have you ever read anything about history and about the Holocaust? Its not possible for things to have "been not that bad under Hitler". Saddam was doing teh same thing, gassing his own people, get your facts straight before you make any more dumb comments.

Dude you may want to step back from Fribble. He was not in anyway trying to offend those of Jewish decent. Go back to your job at Taco Bell and lurk here some more before you start to make such comments

MojosMama · Post by **MojosMama** » July 14, 2004 9:48 am

mexcooker12 wrote:Fribble your an idiot, how could you ever possibly say sometrhing like "things werent that bad under hitler", I know you were just making a comparison to todays war but to even say something like that is moronic. If there are any Jewish people on this board I bet they would be offended by such a dumb and thoughtless comment. Have you ever read anything about history and about the Holocaust? Its not possible for things to have "been not that bad under Hitler". Saddam was doing teh same thing, gassing his own people, get your facts straight before you make any more dumb comments.

I believe it's called satire. This piece is a made-up media spin job on Normandy. Not meant to be taken literally.

rednekkPH · Post by **rednekkPH** » July 14, 2004 9:56 am

I think alot of folks missed the boat here...I took the piece as a criticism of the media, nothing more.

MojosMama · Post by **MojosMama** » July 14, 2004 9:58 am

rednekkPH wrote:I think alot of folks missed the boat here...I took the piece as a criticism of the media, nothing more.

That's what I meant to say. (or how I meant to say it) Thanks, Frank.

PHBeerman · Post by **PHBeerman** » July 14, 2004 9:58 am

rednekkPH wrote:I think alot of folks missed the boat here...I took the piece as a criticism of the media, nothing more.

You're pretty bright for a Harley rider

rednekkPH · Post by **rednekkPH** » July 14, 2004 10:01 am

PHBeerman wrote:You're pretty bright for a Harley rider

We're the highest evolved form of the biker species

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