Weirdest Dream lately :
I dreamed I was on the "other side" when my Dad was passing. I spoke to him and made sure he was okay. Then I woke, and knew he was gone. 30 minutes later, we got the call from the hospital saying that his blood pressure had crashed in the last 30 minutes.
Currently working on :
A BTVS related story called "Long Goodbye" which deals with a member of the Watchers Council being vamped as part of an experiment.
Also completing my nanowrimo effort.
A blog for that outspoken and aggressive member of the Buffy Bulletin Board.
Sunday, March 23, 2003
Who wins the Propaganda War?
I was sitting watching the news today with my mother, an all too rare thing. We have so little in common, but it looks like the invasion of Iraq has everyone (even inveterate Soap addicts like my mother) interested in what's going on.
The news on Sky today (a Murdoch mouth piece) was about Iraq saying they had shot down Allied troops, and had captured them. The US was at that stage, still denying any troops had been captured. Imagine my surprise when Iraq basically said "Well fuck you buddy, we're putting them on TV!"
I told my mother at the time that Iraq had no reason to lie about capturing troops. They've got the moral high ground already in trying to repel this invasion.
The US on the other hand, has every perceived reason to lie. One, they are just so used to lying about everything. Two, they are still operating under out-of-date concepts like boosting morale by not releasing damaging information. Three, the invasion cannot and must not look like it's going to result in a LOT of dead Americans as the public might not have the stomach for that.
Well, I think they are way out of touch. Americans have the stomach and balls to watch their troops go through hell when the cause is just. And if this invasion were just, there'd be no need to lie about helicopters "crashing" into each other instead of being shot down.
Tonight, the American troops appeared on Iraqi television, as promised. It's hard to believe, when all you have are Western media pieces, but so far, Iraq haven't been caught out in a fib yet. That gives them a certain credibility when it comes to the propaganda war.
Dubya, in a fit of Luciferian hubris, has demanded that captured troops be treated humanely. He has got some fucking balls. The guy routinely violates the Geneva Convention when it suits him, and invades a foreign state, but wants his troops treated well??
Iraq may treat them well. If they do, it won't be because George asked them to. It will be because they felt it was the right thing to do. And if they say they'll treat the troops humanely, I'll believe them. I can't say the same about the US.
Sunday, March 23, 2003
