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Media Has Blood On Its' Hands, Iraq GI Tells Rep.King
Newsmax.com ^ | October 29, 2003 | Newsmax.com

Posted on 10/28/2003 9:57:49 PM PST by Lady In Blue

Reprinted from NewsMax.com
Wednesday Oct. 29, 2003; 12:12 a.m. EST

Media Has Blood on its Hands, Iraq GI Tells Rep. King

Rep. Peter King, R-NY, delivered a stark message on Tuesday from an unnamed U.S. military officer now stationed in Baghdad who believes negative press coverage of the U.S. war effort has cost American soldiers their lives.

While flying back to the U.S. aboard a military transport, King told nationally syndicated radio host Sean Hannity via satellite phone, "I promised an American colonel yesterday, an Army colonel, that [I'd relay his message]: 'There's blood on the hands of the American media.'"

"He's lost men because of the terrible reporting and it's just creating a terrible atmosphere," King said the Army colonel told him.

"The troops have tremendous morale. But unfortunately the terrorists are encouraged and the Iraqi people are being dissuaded from cooperating with the American forces because of the terrible coverage back here," King said.

The unnamed GI, who King said had two graduate degrees, shared his disturbing assessment as the two flew by helicopter from the Baghdad airport to the Al Rashid hotel.

Paraphrasing the Army colonel's words, the New York Republican said, "I just want you to know that there's blood on the hands of the American media; that my men and women are going to die because of them."

The GI's message continued, "We are winning this war and the only way we can lose this is if the American people lose their nerve and that's because of what's going on in the American media."

King said he concurred with the Army colonel's complaint, saying, "What I saw is totally different from what the American media is reporting."

Noting that he was in Baghdad during the wave of terrorist attacks this weekend, King said that, "in spite of all of that, life is virtually normal in Baghdad."

"What the media doesn't show is that the rest of Baghdad is traffic jams, markets open . . . you would have thought you were in midtown Manhattan," the New York Republican contended.

"Life is so different when you're there from the way it's being portrayed in the media."

Editor's note:
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TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; Government; Politics/Elections
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1 posted on 10/28/2003 9:57:50 PM PST by Lady In Blue
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To: Big Steve; deport; blackie; nickcarraway; Salvation
ping
2 posted on 10/28/2003 9:58:41 PM PST by Lady In Blue
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To: Lady In Blue; JohnHuang2; Travis McGee; mhking; Sabertooth
BIG OL' PING, PING, PING!!!!
3 posted on 10/28/2003 10:02:07 PM PST by GeronL (Visit www.geocities.com/geronl)
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To: Lady In Blue
Link for the Editor's note story - re: Blather: http://www.newsmax.com/jump/suggestions/goldberg.htm
4 posted on 10/28/2003 10:02:53 PM PST by Keith in Iowa (Tag line produced using 100% post-consumer recycled ethernet packets,)
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To: Lady In Blue
The Democrats and the media put a higher priority on getting rid of George Bush than they do on getting rid of international terrorism.
5 posted on 10/28/2003 10:03:04 PM PST by StACase
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To: GeronL
Thanks for pinging your list,GeronL!
6 posted on 10/28/2003 10:03:45 PM PST by Lady In Blue
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To: Keith in Iowa
Thanks for the link,Keith.
7 posted on 10/28/2003 10:05:20 PM PST by Lady In Blue
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To: GeronL; CheneyChick; vikingchick; Victoria Delsoul; WIMom; kmiller1k; mhking; rdb3; Travis McGee; ..
"I just want you to know that there's blood on the hands of the American media; that my men and women are going to die because of them."

The GI's message continued, "We are winning this war and the only way we can lose this is if the American people lose their nerve and that's because of what's going on in the American media."


8 posted on 10/28/2003 10:05:42 PM PST by Sabertooth (No Drivers' Licences for Illegal Aliens. Petition SB60. http://www.saveourlicense.com/n_home.htm)
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To: Lady In Blue; StACase; ambrose; nuconvert; nopardons; Bullish
Ping list? who me? =o)

Liberalism is a Quagmire!

9 posted on 10/28/2003 10:06:16 PM PST by GeronL (Visit www.geocities.com/geronl)
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To: StACase
Isn't that something?! Just like Barbara Bush said last week - "They're a sorry bunch."
10 posted on 10/28/2003 10:06:20 PM PST by Lady In Blue
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To: All
Well,these old eyes are getting tired so I'd better close up shop. I'll check back in here sometime tomorrow. Good night all.
11 posted on 10/28/2003 10:07:19 PM PST by Lady In Blue
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To: Sabertooth
Those words say it all huh?

"I just want you to know that there's blood on the hands of the American media; that my men and women are going to die because of them."

That message should be all over talk radio!

12 posted on 10/28/2003 10:07:33 PM PST by GeronL (Visit www.geocities.com/geronl)
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To: Sabertooth
"...so many traitors...so little time..."


13 posted on 10/28/2003 10:08:43 PM PST by Travis McGee (----- www.EnemiesForeignAndDomestic.com -----)
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To: Lady In Blue
I collect old time radio shows and if you listen to the shows from WWII it is amazing at how positive the media was toward the war effort. There was no second guessing of FDR or of Eisenhower. The media saw itself as a participant in an effective war effort. Bad news was always tempered by good news and hope.

Today the media has no loyalty to the United States. They are all multinational corporations who are run by leftist ideologues. They not only could care less that we might lose the war because of their bad press, they are rooting for the enemy.

If you get a chance go back and listen to some old radio shows from 1942 to 1945. And then compare it to today's media presentation of our war on terrorism. Then ask yourself which side do you think they are on?
14 posted on 10/28/2003 10:10:04 PM PST by P-Marlowe (Milquetoast Q. Whitebread is alive!)
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To: Lady In Blue
The RATS will pay for this...... They are guilty of politicizing this war in their effort ot oust Bush, and their actions have given aid and comfort to the enemy with their baseless attacks on our efforts in Iraq, and that maybe one of those Democrat spineless worms could actually get elected if they attacked and killed more Americans.

May God have mercy on their Souls

15 posted on 10/28/2003 10:10:23 PM PST by MJY1288 (This is your tagline "Bush/Cheney04", this is your tagline on drugs "AnyOtherChoice/04")
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To: Lady In Blue
It's a sad and unfortunate thing, but the thing they are fighting for is, among other things, free speech. Nattering Nabobs of Negativism, and it's even more true today. The VietCong in the tunnels had a dearth of satelite dishes, but probably not the bad guys in Iraq.

Still, if you really want the job done right, perhaps they should go get Baghdad Bob out of retirement. He had it down pat.

16 posted on 10/28/2003 10:13:36 PM PST by Held_to_Ransom
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To: MJY1288
May God have mercy on their Souls

I hope not, I hope they rot in.....
17 posted on 10/28/2003 10:14:58 PM PST by Ogmios (Since when is 66 senate votes for judicial confirmations constitutional?)
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To: Lady In Blue
'There's blood on the hands of the American media.'

Not to mention Daschle. Today in response to the press conference, he said, "If this is progress, I don't know how much more we can take."

Disgusting traitor.

18 posted on 10/28/2003 10:16:16 PM PST by StriperSniper (All this, of course, is simply pious fudge. - H. L. Mencken)
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To: Ogmios
In my best Budweiser commercial voice........ "TRUE"
19 posted on 10/28/2003 10:17:11 PM PST by MJY1288 (This is your tagline "Bush/Cheney04", this is your tagline on drugs "AnyOtherChoice/04")
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To: Sabertooth
Thanks for the ping, amigo.
20 posted on 10/28/2003 10:18:23 PM PST by JohnHuang2
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