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Friday, April 16, 2004

You shouldn't believe Al-Jazeera too much.


I sent this letter to tell me a secret in response to the item linked to below.
Khalid,

You shouldn't believe Al-Jazeera too much. I don't watch but I read the Al-Jazeera Web site every day (http://english.aljazeera.net/HomePage). Mostly they are very good.

But when it comes to military news they are not good. Remember the invasion in the Spring of 2003? Al-Jazeera kept telling us that the US Army was being stopped by Iraqi fighters. Later, we found out that it was not true. In fact, Al-Jazeera seemed very supprised when the US Army captured Baghdad! They believed their own stories.

The same is true today. Don't belive what you hear about Falluja. No American soldier or Marine would intentionally hurt a woman or a child. The military culture is one of extreme honor. If they did such a thing they would be dishonored and would be shunned. It is impossible. The entire American sense of self is defined by the belief in our own "goodness". To do any wrong is to be un-American. A disgrace to family, friends and all other Americans. No American would do that.

The Marine saying is "No Better Friend, and No Worse Enemy". If the people of Falluja would treat the American Marines as friends, all would be well. Only the Syrians, Jordanians, Palestinians, Suadis and Yemenis who are fighting the Americans have anything to fear. Every Iraqi would do well to treat every American like a brother.

Peace and Freedom!

Long Live a Free and Independant Iraq!

Down with Al-Qaeda!

The Pidgeon English is because Khalid doesn't seem to speak English very well, and I was trying to make it easy for him to understand.

ORIGINAL ITEM: http://secretsinbaghdad.blogspot.com/
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Posted by: Zayphar / 4/16/2004 05:27:00 PM
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