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doubles Donating Member (357 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Mar-31-04 11:49 PM
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Why isn't the media running Fallujah images like they did for Somalia?
They ran that video of a soldier being dragged through the streets of Somalia 50 times a day, Clinton had no choice but to leave.
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neverborn Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Mar-31-04 11:50 PM
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1. It's sad :(
and you triple posted . O_O
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Catherine Vincent Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Mar-31-04 11:51 PM
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2. You should change your screen name to "Triples"
LOL!
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Kazak Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Mar-31-04 11:54 PM
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3. Word came down from above...
Edited on Wed Mar-31-04 11:55 PM by pengpong
:shrug:

Who wants to see it anyway?
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doubles Donating Member (357 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Mar-31-04 11:57 PM
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4. I am just baffled by the double standards, Repugs seem like the only
ones who can put troops to war. When Clinton was in Somalia, it was just as disgusting but the media ran with it over and over again...

Triples
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KissMyAsscroft Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Mar-31-04 11:58 PM
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5. Because CNN is run by the Pentagon and Republicans.
That's why.
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Career Prole Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Apr-01-04 12:04 AM
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6. Rhetorical question, yes? n/t
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