Hi Dave; without any further discussion I would agree to at least the following of your above statement:
You have to win!
A good part of the "news" is pure propaganda - at least for the channel itself to ensure a high quote of spectators.
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I do not hate the US; and IF the US and you as one of its representatives are really "fighting for freedom & democracy" then you have at first to accept that there might be people in that small world which allow themselves to critizice what the US are doing. I know, this ist not always easy for you. I mean for the US.
I can easily imagine that there are lot of US-citizens who try to make something good what has been disturbed by your "bosses".
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Further: Everything is "propaganda & lies"; except the figures given by you above? I take them as a statement beside all the others. Not less but as well not more.
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And; you are right; I have never been in Iraq. But since I am already "free & democratic" I still insist on my right to tell what I think.
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