Jack Kelly on "moonbats" troops and "Murtha"

[raysr]

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"To his everlasting shame, Rep. John Murtha, a Democrat from Pennsylvania and a retired Marine reserve colonel, is playing to the same crowd. He's accused Marines of having committed "cold-blooded murder," and their superiors of covering it up."


http://toledoblade.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20060603/COLUMNIST14/606030333

"American" troops can do no wrong because "God's" on our side.

[jschurchin]

1. Jack Kelly is a Fucking Idiot.

I quit reading his editorials a long time ago. He wouldn't know the truth if it bit him in his ass.

[orleans]

2. alert the press: it looks like murtha was right.. duh. n/t

[unhappycamper]

3. Just in case Mr. Kelly forgot his history, the Boston Massacre was a

flashpoint in the lead up to the American Revolution. Five - count 'em - five men were killed on March 5, 1770 by the British troops occupying Boston.

From u-s-history.com:

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The Boston Massacre was, of course, not a “massacre.” Samuel Adams and other propagandists immediately capitalized on this incident, using it to fan colonial passions. Paul Revere assisted the effort by issuing one of his most famous engravings, possibly plagiarized, depicting the American version of the event.

In response to these tensions, Lieutenant Governor Thomas Hutchinson ordered that the British soldiers be withdrawn to Castle Island, giving the colonists a much-celebrated victory and indicating the rudderless nature of British policy. A combined funeral for the slain was held a few days later and the procession was said to have been joined by 10,000 people.

Later, 35-year-old John Adams risked the disapproval of his friends and neighbors by defending the British soldiers in a highly publicized trial.

Historians tended for many years to regard the Boston Massacre as a watershed event. American opinion was radicalized by skillful propaganda, which moved many former moderates to outspoken opposition to British policies. More recent scholars, however, have found evidence of a more discerning Boston public that was appreciative of British restraint and disapproving of provocative mob actions. Evidence of the latter view was found in the relative quiet that descended on the community after the funeral. Further unpopular British actions would have to occur before a larger portion of the populace would embrace the radical view.

And we know how that turned out.

[w4rma]

4. Yup. It's not what we see and hear in America, it's what the Iraqis see

and hear over in Iraq. And they don't get their news from FOX or Bush. They get it from word of mouth, the world press, and their own press. The Repug propaganda machine isn't heard very loudly in Iraq, it's only heard in America.