Misinfo a go-go

[andrewducker]

Saddam was captured by Kurds not by the US.

Back to playing the "Who is saying what, and why?" game.

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[kpollock.livejournal.com]

*yawn*

Assuming THIS version bears more resemblance to 'the truth' (at first glance, it all seems pretty plausible) - is anyone really surprised?

I wonder what deal the Kurds got that made it more worth handing him over alive. And why they think they'll actually get whatever it is.

[odheirre.livejournal.com]

Well, damn. Not surprised, but...I don't know. It merits more than a *yawn*, at least for me.

The President said: "The success of yesterday's mission is a tribute to our men and women now serving in Iraq. The operation was based on the superb work of intelligence analysts who found the dictator's footprints in a vast country. The operation was carried out with skill and precision by a brave fighting force."

I know, you say, "you're surprised that there was Spin?" And I'm not, really. But, there's a line between spin and outright lying, and this administration has (IMHO) consistantly crossed that line. And even though it's consistant, it's a slap in the face every time it happens.

One would think that someone would care about that line. Have we grown that cynical, or that apathetic?

[kpollock.livejournal.com]

Have we grown that cynical, or that apathetic?

I don't know about grown, but I've always been pretty hard to beat on both those counts. Well, maybe not always, but I was regularly being called cynical by the time I was about 11. Apathy, now that *is* one of my natural talents :-)

[derumi.livejournal.com]

Wow. I didn't realize the Kurds were able to safely raid that far south. O_o