Meanwhile, BACK IN IRAQ...press cut off from military.

[Capn Sunshine]

From Le Monde comes an article on the poor morale our boys are suffering from....meanwhile, chimp is on ANOTHER VACATION. The unmitigated ASSHOLEISHNESS OF THIS MAN KNOWS NO BOUNDS
MEDIA DAMAGE
>
> "I've decided to let the soldiers breathe a little
> as far as their
> relations with the press are concerned, to take the
> pressure off them,"
> declares Captain James Brownlee to Le Monde, 24th
> July. Brownlee is a
> public relations officer with the second brigade of
> the 3rd division,
> based at the entrance to Falluja. "There's too much
> external
> interference in the base," he explains. Subtext :
> too many journalists
> are listening to too many soldiers expressing
> frustration.
>
> But Captain Brownlee won't admit that of course.
> "The press is not
> allowed to speak to the soldiers until further
> notice. That's it. Don't
> forget we're in a place where our men could get
> killed any day!" In the
> United States, the first amendment to the
> constitution doesn't permit
> the press being denied access to the military in
> this way. But there's
> more than one way of justifying such a ban for
> operational reasons.
> Obviously, the American military command has decided
> to limit the media
> damage.

http://www.occupationwatch.org/article.php?id=306

[whoYaCallinAlib]

1. He should spend his "vacation" in Bahgdad with the troops.

If the man had any guts, he would be with our guys on the front lines, not out shooting "dangerous waskally wabbits" on his so-called ranch.

[Capn Sunshine]

2. I'm thinking of how many vacations he has had

since my last one,
and I always thought his job was a bit more about presence in the office than MINE.
:grr:

[Ouabache]

5. He was fishing in Maine around June 15

with daddy and Mommy. Falling off his Segway when he 'forgot' to turn it on before jumping aboard.

I was looking at the pics I saved of that episode and the file date was June15. So it has been just at six weeks since his last vacation.
That doesn't count all the Camp David weekends and the campaign fund- raisers.

[PaDUer]

6. I agree...

he'd shi* in his pants! He'd never step foot anywhere near there..

[cthrumatrix]

3. the media is simply a propaganda tool of this admin. We certainly

don't here CBS, ABC and others screaming they can't cover the reality of this war.... they can only go so far and walk a tightrope while serving the corporation who benefit from this rush to war.

I would love to see a documentary on companies that have been rewarded with no bid contracts..their ties to this admin...

Now that is "reality TV" america.

[NNN0LHI]

4. These idiots just don't get it

When the soldiers are complaining that is a good thing. When they stop complaining the trouble will begin.

Don

[ramblingray]

7. meanwhile back in Iraq

This is such a horrible mess. Our military under orders from the President who is really the Rove, Cheney, Rumsfield nazi machine has managed to kill lots of innocent people in the name of oil and no one seems to really care except those who have lost family members in this so called war.

The American people need to demand our troops come home and leave Iraq alone and let the people of Iraq run the country and sell their oil to anyone they choose.

We are protecting no one and helping no one except Bush's closest, richest friends at the expense of the rest of us worldwide.