For God's Sake. CNN: Peter Pace is going to walk thru the streets of Ramadi

[spanone]

to show how safe it is.....he's doing it now!

I thought Pace was out of there.

Talk about a STUNT.

[debbierlus]

1. And, I am sure there are guards along the perimeters

[spanone]

2. I've never seen an administration want a war so badly.

[Vinca]

3. One of these days a stunt like this is going to backfire big time.

I hope CNN is prepared to air the story if it turns out there's a sniper on a rooftop.

[OnceUponTimeOnTheNet]

4. Did he make it?

CNN talking about a singer and a sniper now.

[BobRossi]

5. Contractors will get him

That mic looks like an RPG. ><

[muffin1]

6. God, I wish I was at home to watch

maybe he'll do a Gene Kelly "Singin' in the Rain" kind of thing.
:rofl:

[pwb]

7. Didn't Gates ask him to resign.?

Pace does not impress me at all. a military yes man at best.

[renegade000]

8. I'd be way more impressed if

a CNN newscrew could walk thru the streets of Ramadi unaccompanied.

I mean, I'm sure the visit of a high-ranking general was a totally unplanned and off-the-cuff operation and he doesn't have a huge security detail that secured the area ahead of time. :eyes:

[shadowknows69]

9. It was BS they talked to Barbara Starr on the phone

no video at all of this supposedly peaceful walk. I'll bet there will be some later after they get the footage to the editing room though.

[meegbear]

10. What was the camera shot?

How far around and behind him could you see?

[shadowknows69]

11. No Camera so far

Just Barbara Starr on the phone, I shit you not. I'm sure there will be video later. Editing can shape the story to their purposes.

[CrispyQ]

12. He'll be fine.

I'd laugh if it weren't so tragic.

[Rosa Luxemburg]

26. yes

[Benhurst]

13. And I didn't get to say, "Buh-bye."

:shrug:

[HCE SuiGeneris]

14. Mission Accomplished... let's go home!

[Norquist Nemesis]

15. It's probably a sound stage somewhere in Arizona n/t

[shadowknows69]

16. Oh snap

is that a "Capricorn One" reference?

[Norquist Nemesis]

17. lol - Take your pick

My first thought was Apollo 11 moon landing, but Capricorn One works too! LOL!

[shadowknows69]

18. Staring OJ Simpson

Had to eat a snake to survive IIRC. Someone's supposed to be doing a remake of sorts I guess.

[soothsayer]

19. As I walked down the streets of Ramadi

as I walked down in Ramadi one day
I saw a young soldier all wrapped in white linen
all wrapped in white linen, and cold as the clay

Get six young Iraqis to carry my coffin
Get six 'raqi women to sing me a song
Take me to the desert and pour the sand o'er me
For I'm a young soldier, and this war is wrong.

[lynnertic]

21. cool song. Where'd you get it?

n/t

[karlrschneider]

22. It's a nicely done take-off from "Streets of Laredo", by Marty Robbins

back in the 60s.
:D

[soothsayer]

23. Indeed! A childhood pal got an "A" on it in English class (said he wrote it---

poor teacher never thought to ask him where he'd heard of Laredo I guess----when I asked him, he couldn't answer!)

[karlrschneider]

24. LOL

Maybe he got the A for chutzpa...!
:D

[Fresh_Start]

20. Great its so safe the troops can come home now

Right?

[blitzen]

25. It's a full-court press, shock and awe propaganda fest: the NIE, Pace's BS, etc....n/t

[Javaman]

27. The Iraqi "tet" will happen like this...

it won't be a nationwide attack. They don't need to do that.

Because of these media dog and pony shows, one "incident" will take care of it for all the world to see.

That incident would be one of the many pro war fools plodding down this same tired hollywood backdrop of a street, when out of the blue, they get shot, blow to bits or some other thing happens.

That would be in effect the nail in the coffin.

This would be the most effective use of propaganda by the insurgents.

It would paint a very clear picture to the US and the world that there is no longer any safe place left in Iraq.