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Originally posted by RACooper
Well the fact that a number of international news agencies have reported that there was most likely a wedding....
BBC Link
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/3741223.stm
Besides remember what the response was when the Gen. was confronted with "evidence" of a wedding? (It's in the article):
"Bad people have parties too..."
The perception problem regarding the incident (ie. which side is closer to the truth) stems from the fact that both sides have lost (if they had it) faith/trust in each other. The coalition needs to get it act together with media presentation and public relations... they are losing the PR war in Iraq.
However whether there was a wedding or not does really change the fact that innocent people died. Sure some "bad guys" were killed, but was the PR cost worth it? Don't really know (although the Iraqis are proving very savy in the PR war) Could there have been a better way of taking action? Again don't know but I suspect that there could have been.
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You are amazing. You can quote Fox news word for word (not remember the anchor) and say you have a good memory, you can do psychological analyses on how Iraqis hate Americans, you have an honorary degree in beheadings and forensics, and now you received a PhD in Were American lives worth bad PR?
-Rudey