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May 5, 2008

When all veterans aren't created equal

Military aftermath: Pentagon uses retired officers for propaganda while it abandons others.

The New York Times recently documented a 6-year-old campaign by the Department of Defense to use retired senior military officers —- more than 75 of them over time —- as mouthpieces for Bush administration policy and practices. The Pentagon didn't hire them; it just created a way to co-opt their work as on-camera military analysts for Fox News, CNN, CBS, ABC, NPR, MSNBC and NBC —- and occasionally in print as outside contributors of newspaper opinion pieces.

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terry

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Is part of the military code of honor?

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sounds about right. If you take that cloak of 'pentagon' off the story, you could be reporting on Pharmeseudic companies propoganda, warning labels, free 'samples' to field test to physicians, commercials and advertising, and used car salesman. Or, the Dept of Agriculture and the FDA.

Or, the military industrial complex.
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It's a chancey job. Makes a man watchful. And a little lonely.
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y do all these guyz belive that he has raped a girl how stupid can u guyz bee

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bush and his cult are desperate for more cannon fodder ... bush knows he's screwed and doesn't care about the USA or the troops.... he has his private agenda and will stop at nothing to appease the voices in his head
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bush and his cult are desperate for more cannon fodder ... bush knows he's screwed and doesn't care about the USA or the troops.... he has his private agenda and will stop at nothing to appease the voices in his head
It would be nice if you could appease those in that vacuum wobbling on your neck. You have passed the stage when your just annoying you have passed on to be a idiotic buffoon.

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And this is "Veteran Affairs News"

I would call it more Department of Defense news or USA News or Pentagon News
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EASY MONEY wrote:
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It would be nice if you could appease those in that vacuum wobbling on your neck. You have passed the stage when your just annoying you have passed on to be a idiotic buffoon.
That from a travelling piece of mucas.
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Looks like vetrans benefits are running out in 9 years. hmmmmmm, now if vets aren't just as ignorant as rocks---preferred by the military, what does that mean?
How stupid R U

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"The Pentagon uses propaganda"? Duh!
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Well, we all know you can not trust anything that the press puts out. They put it right down the middle, nothing to the left, nothing to to the right. Yea, that Bush I wish he could be straight foward and honest like the Clintons were. You know he wants every solider to die over there. Yep, thats his plan, he despises the military more than Bill and company, so he sent the troops over there to have them wiped out. Oh yea, and he gets all that oil money to from a secret oil account set up in Switzerland by Arabia.
Remember trust no one!
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The stupid among us still do not realize this.
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Trainer wrote:
Well, we all know you can not trust anything that the press puts out. They put it right down the middle, nothing to the left, nothing to to the right. Yea, that Bush I wish he could be straight foward and honest like the Clintons were. You know he wants every solider to die over there. Yep, thats his plan, he despises the military more than Bill and company, so he sent the troops over there to have them wiped out. Oh yea, and he gets all that oil money to from a secret oil account set up in Switzerland by Arabia.
Remember trust no one!
What would you do for a coupla billion?
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What would you do for a coupla billion?
I would sell you my mother to use her abuse her pimp her i don't care show me the money!
bill

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No person in Goverment wants an US GI to die. Trainer the Clintons were as dishonest as any other. I don't support the war however I will defend the Flag of my Country if need be just I have done in the past. A soldier does not fight and die for the Goverment as anyone that has ever been in combat know. he fights for the guy on the left and right of him and dies for his friends not the Bushs or Clintons in this world. So support the Troops and stop whining if you aint been there then you aint earned the right to complain. Go Army
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bill wrote:
No person in Goverment wants an US GI to die. Trainer the Clintons were as dishonest as any other. I don't support the war however I will defend the Flag of my Country if need be just I have done in the past. A soldier does not fight and die for the Goverment as anyone that has ever been in combat know. he fights for the guy on the left and right of him and dies for his friends not the Bushs or Clintons in this world. So support the Troops and stop whining if you aint been there then you aint earned the right to complain. Go Army
You don't support the troops enough for me.

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Propaganda?

These are the Generals and other military officers that are loyal to the USA..

Unlike the LIBS that suckle at the godnads of our enemys.

I would stick up for the USA and Her President too if they asked me..

GOd bless George W. Bush and God bless America!
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After all of thee years using them our "investigative" press just found this out? Very interesting!
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bush and his cult are desperate for more cannon fodder ... bush knows he's screwed and doesn't care about the USA or the troops.... he has his private agenda and will stop at nothing to appease the voices in his head
How is President Bush screwed? Do you have anything to support what you are saying or are you just releasing anger?
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What do retired officers care? They've already got their pension. I've seen retired military spout off against the war. So they aren't all puppets. Unless the retired nay-war-sayers have been prompted to do so. That's possible. I never pay close attention to any of this babble. But it's possible that woven into the "this war sucks" media coverage is a jingoistic disclaimer. "Having said all that, this is still the greatest country in the world. And we should still defend it against scumball enemies at here and abroad." That's an S/2 shop/CIA tactic.
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