First of the videos … I’ve watched the first two right through, I watched about half the Jessica Lynch interview. My notes will be at the end:
My notes:
So much interwoven in this case … Bush, Blair and WMD for a start, following 911, the nature of those two monsters, Rumsfeld, the narrative the brass were pushing, the entire, syndicated media collusion, the way that soc-med only really got started around 2001 on the things we do, the way we are also, as Callan said at the end of yesterday’s show … well he said: “I’ve been had.”
Also, please don’t only watch them here but go to the various comments sections and I’m sure you can discern between the fan and hate comments on the one hand … the real info on the other … you’ll need to scroll at speed.
Then the specific videos:
Remember the Achilles heel of vlogs and podcasts … they waffle, the boring parts can mean you miss vital takeaways and unless someone points them out, they stay missed … the whole thing takes so long when there are other things you need to be doing.
The downside of blogs is that they can be shallower, just being print, we miss on the emotion, the pauses, sighs etc. We’re juss da facks, ma’am but they don’t convey everything.
Even both types together are still only one slice of the picture.
The Joe Rogan vid … she was certainly raped and abused, there was not the resistance justifying the whole Bush/Rumsfeld Ramboesque take on it all. Also, never take a girl into battle the upsides never outweigh the constant downsides. To her credit, it wasn’t her fault the weapon jammed.
The army ranger guy was similar in that the narrative was clearly wrong. It’s a good adjunct, this interview, to fill out the picture … once again, never take a girl into battle like that. If you look for a start at the loads she has to carry, plus those masks etc. … it’s plain ridiculous wokery. But readers … you really should, if you want a fuller picture, scan the comments thread at YT.
Jessica herself. As one of the “dudes” said … this is one messed up little lady, completely under the influence of the mindbenders, US. She’s national property and loving the whole scene. She plays down the horror but goes close to it … wakes up with Iraqi men over her. What do you expect from that human? Nice to see and hear her voice … but, but, but …
Women can fight. They will be at their most ferocious when defending their homes. The best thing to do is to never send them to faraway front lines but to keep them as a hone guard. That, after all, is what national defence is about.
ReplyDeleteOf course. Or in paired units. My long book Masque is all about man-woman teams complementing each other, working patterns of fighting. I actually had one in the early 2000s … if I didn’t get the miscreant, she would.
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DeleteAgreed, Eden Levi (first photo Lasses at Lunchtime) was Home Guard, a real lioness she fought to the death. She was 19. Unlike Jessica Lynch she would have known her fate upon capture. Be it Fedayeen or Hamas Muhammadans will rape any non-Muslim with a pulse. I suggest folk read the Koran and Hadiths for clarification what they regard as 'war booty'.