Rummy: we must declare war on digital cameras dammit!

mopaul

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Fri May-07-04 03:07 PM
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Rummy: we must declare war on digital cameras dammit!

he seems the most animated and loud when mentioning the fact that some idiots took photos. he seems to be repeating that THAT is the main problem, digital cameras fucking every thing up

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LastKnight

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Fri May-07-04 03:08 PM
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1. yea... that damn evidence is the problem! nt

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Iceburg

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Fri May-07-04 03:10 PM
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6. He is more pissed about the digital cameras ...

Edited on Fri May-07-04 03:13 PM by Iceburg

and lack of procedures to control camera use than the dispictable and enduring damage of his failed leadership.

PS: I hope he does not resign for his face will serve as continous reminder to the Americans -- the American Face of Rape and Torture

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LastKnight

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Fri May-07-04 03:16 PM
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12. from what im gathering from his testamony...

Edited on Fri May-07-04 03:21 PM by LastKnight

its more anger at the lack of ability to stop things like this coming out... he doesnt want people to see the truth...

hey rummy... technology is a bitch aint it?

i dont want him to resign either, but i think if he doesnt do it in his own, the group is gonna have a bit of a meeting and ask him to. shit like this cant be forgotten, this is war crime material.

my first post was inteded with a bit of sarcasam... so... i guess im still a bit in the lounge mindset not in GD... ill keep the sarcasam on the low for awhile.

-LK

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frank frankly

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Fri May-07-04 03:08 PM
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2. you type fast

funny that the old evil goat harkened back to patterns and habits from last century.

he hates digital cameras. and MEDDLING.

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fudge stripe cookays

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Fri May-07-04 03:27 PM
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13. We are his own worst nightmare--

Edited on Fri May-07-04 03:27 PM by fudge stripe cookays

kind of like the Scooby Doo gang. ;-)

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tom_paine

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Fri May-07-04 04:53 PM
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18. "We could have Ruled the World with an Iron Fist..."

"...except for those meddling kids!"

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Kanary

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Fri May-07-04 03:09 PM
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3. Lessons learned.

This war... no "loose cannon press".

Next war..... troops not allowed cameras.

Progress.

Kanary

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tom_paine

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Fri May-07-04 04:53 PM
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19. God that's so true it's sickening.

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lapfog_1

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Fri May-07-04 03:09 PM
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4. Cause ya know

There is a lack of control there. I mean, geez, right from the
camera to the internet, even from Iraq (which he implied was ILLEGAL
in the Senate testimony).

No ability to get the film before it gets out.

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mopaul

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Fri May-07-04 03:10 PM
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5. the camera itself is a powerful witness to history

and the camera itself is on trial here too. rummy would clamp down all images of war that reflect poorly on the nazi agenda

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Old and In the Way

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Fri May-07-04 04:47 PM
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15. Rumsfield hates camera's....

damn things take pics which have a habit of capturing the present and makes future revisionist history more difficult. Like that pic of Rummy shaking hands with Saddam in 1982....

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1jfuddle

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Fri May-07-04 03:12 PM
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7. 30 years from now

Imagine the high school text books. That will be an embarassing chapter to thumb through.

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madmax

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Fri May-07-04 03:14 PM
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10. Welcome to DU

:hi:

In 30 years we may not have text books that reflect on history as we know it. :scared:

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madmax

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Fri May-07-04 03:12 PM
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8. And I'm screaming at the tv

if they weren't doing the wrong things the cameras wouldn't matter.

:mad:

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mopaul

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Fri May-07-04 03:13 PM
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9. plus, i think the army REQUESTED these act be photographed

i think they photograph EVERYTHING. the nazis did this too, but they had the sense to destroy most of it

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lapfog_1

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Fri May-07-04 03:14 PM
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11. I'm waiting

for the rightwing spinners to blame this on a society that
is permissive to the spread of pornography.

These photos are typical of a S/M porn, complete with the
mythical snuff film. So, of course, it's the fault not of
the soldiers of the war or the actions of the command structure
to dehumanize the "opponent" (which, apparently, is any Arab in
a Muslim country), or the suspension of the Geneva convention,
or any other action by the commanders up to and including the
Chimp in Chief... but it's the fault of pornographers.

I'm sure that this is being spun up this way... anyone have links?

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liveoaktx

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Fri May-07-04 03:28 PM
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14. That's what I thought, too. Continue with the torture but don't FILM IT

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AlCzervik

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Fri May-07-04 04:48 PM
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16. It was the 3rd camera

on the grassy knoll that caused all of this!

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BlackVelvetElvis

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Fri May-07-04 04:49 PM
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17. As a loyal and patriotic AmerUHcan

I'm going to destroy mine.
Who's with me?

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