От солдата из Ирака

[cema]

Вот это как мы считаем: пропаганда или нет?

Comments

[notestaff.livejournal.com]

>Rumsfeld lost the moral right to ask for this soldier's support

Not the right to ask for support. The right to flaunt this support before the telecameras. If Rumsfeld wants to show he cares about soldiers, he should first do all he can for their practical needs. If he didn't do that then his expressions of concern look fake, even if inside of him he feels he's being sincere.

[turgutmakbak.livejournal.com]

Yes, that, too. OK, the right to use his support. That would include both asking and flaunting.

Armor deficiency

[cema.livejournal.com]

And now let's see why we are all so high about the issue.

Insufficient troop protection. This is being reported by the press, right? Like the shark attacks a few years back, this is the news of the hour, a hot topic.

It would be natural to expect the Army to spin the issue as if there were no armor deficiency (which is not what they are saying), or as if there were nothing unusual about it (which is what they are saying). It is, unfortunately, just as natural to expect the press to spin it the other way, as a blunder on the part of the Secretary of Defence.

Now I have two questions. First: how do we get through the spin and get to know which way it is? Ans second: how do we get to know if this issue is important at all?

I am still trying to figure it out.

Re: Armor deficiency

[turgutmakbak.livejournal.com]

No, this is not because of insufficient armor. This is too narrow, even if it's important. It's because of the whole war.

Kinda reminds me of this famous exchange about what Goldfinger expects of James Bond.

The whole war

[cema.livejournal.com]

The whole war is a much more difficult topic to discuss, even though it is of direct relevance here. Spin etc. Not now.