Photo of Taliban Funeral.... Repub/Bush plant? (more evidence of fascism?)

[Windy]

I was thinking about this story this morning. All the talk after this picture was published focused on the military's engagement rules... Can't hit a funeral, religious ceremony, etc.

Does anyone other than me think this is yet another propaganda push by the whitehouse to get the masses upset over the current rules of engagement so that changes that border on immoral can be made by the administration?

Just wanting someone else's commentary.

[whistle]

1. I would not put anything past this administration and their PR tactics

...to win greater support for their failed policies and drive to obtaining more power without accountability.

[TechBear_Seattle]

2. Weddings and religious services, however, are fair game

Because we all know that ONLY Islamo-fascist terrorists attend weddings and religious services. :sarcasm:

Excuse me for a moment, I need to :puke:

[rodeodance]

3. If anything, it was an attempt to show that the military is following the

rules of engagment (good PR). Having said that, I am glad to see this.

[CoffeeCat]

4. Something is fishy...

...and usually it takes a while before we understand the complete, evil picture--and
how it fits into the perverse BushCo plan.

My husband told me about this funeral last night. I didn't know what to think. I just
know that something is not right. It's ironic and it's bizarre.

Are we supposed to believe that a government--which went to great lengths to torture in secret
prisons--is meticulously following some kind of sacred rules of engagement when it comes to
Al Queda?

Also---why do we know about this incident? We know what they want us to know. This feels staged.

You're probably right, Windy. They want the freedom to act like rabid animals--so they're
showcasing absurd situations--to cajole us into granting them a wider berth for committing atrocities.

In a way--this move feels like an extension of the messages conveyed in "The Path to 9/11."
I'm convinced that TPT911 was intended to be a powerful springboard from which this administration
would cull emotionally-driven support for ANYTHING they want to do in the "war on terror."
There were so many scenes in TPT911--that erroneously blamed 9/11 on our Constitution getting
in the way. The scenes that showed how Moussoui's computer was inaccessible--because of the
laws our government had to follow--were misleading and were designed to leverage Junior's spying.

They didn't get the big bang out of TPT911 that they hoped. However, they're still catapulting the post-TPT911 propaganda as planned, it seems.

You're right Windy--they want to outrage people with staged absurdity. They want everyone
screaming, "Screw the rules of engagement for these barbarians! Kill all of them, any
way you want and don't look back!" Possibly, they want that attitude accepted in the
Iraq theater--and in other wars that they're salivating to start.

Who knows with these revolting thugs...but it sounds like you are probably right.
fighting Al Queda.