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General Forums => The O' Club => Topic started by: Krusher on August 17, 2005, 02:09:39 PM
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just something I found amusing.
"If I Got My News From the Newspapers I'd be Pretty Depressed As Well"
Mark Finkelstein over at Newsbusters reported this morning that Matt Lauer got a surprise answer from a soldier on a recent trip to Iraq. After asking about morale, a few soldiers told him that morale was good. Like any good morning TV show journalist, Lauer was skeptical:
LAUER: Don't get me wrong, I think you're probably telling the truth, but there might be a lot of people at home wondering how that might be possible with the conditions you're facing and with the insurgent attacks you're facing... What would you say to people who doubt that morale could be that high?
CAPTAIN SHERMAN POWELL: Well sir, I'd tell you, if I got my news from the newspapers I'd be pretty depressed as well.
Powell said that he knows the media have a hard time getting out in Iraq and seeing the improvements, but that he's "satisfied" and "proud" of the work the United States is doing in Iraq.
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That's part of the same interview that had the Q&A with the soldier shot by the sniper I posted a little while back.
Link to the video: Today Show (http://video.msn.com/video/p.htm?t=1&p=Source_Today%20Show&i=e2df9850-0ebb-4092-bdda-6a4ccdfc5c1b&rf=)
- SEAGOON
PS: Here's the Army Times article with the sniper vid shot by the Jihadis: Army Times (http://www.armytimes.com/story.php?f=1-292925-976420.php)
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Damn that kid was lucky. Glad he was wearing that body armor. Thanks for link to video!