propaganda

[Fidel]

this is from the cnn 'iraqis surrendering to british'

note their casual, or shall i say, non-military outfit. are these pows really or just civilians?

[Az]

they didn't say "Iraqi soldiers", mind you.

But yes, I thought that was funny too.

[Eli]

CNN seems to be reporting only what the Army tells them to report.

[SlowwHand]

They surrendered. You can't tell the players without a program.
It's not like the Army is rousting civilians.

Propaganda is like this thread.
Insinuating brutality, when the reverse is true.

Thanks for the lesson, LaRusso.

[The Mad Monk]

I don't see it insinuating brutality. They're not on the ground with a boot in the back, and they're not being stripped. It looks like a perfectly reasonable search for weapons.

[Fidel]

np slowwhand. i know that the notion of brutality and propaganda might be somewhat remote for americans...

[Az]

Eli: and they say that our army is bad.

[TheStinger]

I bet the men had just come out of a bunker or somrthing what were they supposed to do

[Az]

there is a pic of an iraqi soldier in the other thread.

[Wernazuma III]

ok, they're being searched, not more. But claiming that this shows "surrendering Iraqis" is pathetic. It's civilians being perlustrated (does this word exist in English?).

[Az]

but it's IRAQI civilians. and they're holding white flags, i.e. surrendering.

[General Ludd]

Originally posted by Azazel
but it's IRAQI civilians. and they're holding white flags, i.e. surrendering.

I don't see any white flags.

Why would you expect civilians to have to surrender? Unless the americans are waging war against the civilians too, of course.

[JCG]

Either they're soldiers that have changed into civilian clothes, or simply civilians that were inspected on the way...at least that's what I suppose (and hope).

[DarthVeda]

And you give up on the idea that the Iraqi military simply doesn't have enough uniforms and equipment to go around?

[Jack the Bodiless]

Well, I've seen plenty of coverage of an actual line of prisoners in uniform walking by with their hands on their heads. So Iraqui soldiers are surrendering too.

As an Iraqui source said recently, "Saddam is alive and no Iraqui soldiers have surrendered". Let's hope both statements are equally true.