Talk:Media coverage of the Iraq War: Difference between revisions

 

OK, someone has to explain the importance of this sentence. First, the images I saw that day '''DID''' show that the plaza was otherwise empty other than the crowd of Iraqis around the statue. I saw no attempt to make the crowd look bigger than it was... I for one had a pretty clear picture of how many people were there. Secondly, the images I saw - live, on that day - did show that US tanks were keeping the plaza safe and empty of Iraqi forces.. (Or as you put it, "cordoned off"). What else do you expect them to do? When Coalition forces moved into any section of Baghdad (or other cities) they immediately secured the area. They had to do that and I don't think anyone would expect anything else. It wasn't a safe place to be.. it was a war zone. You move in - you have to take defensive positions around the area to keep enemy military forces out. The live coverage of the event that I saw even included interviews with Marines sitting around the plaza on tanks watching for Iraqi forces. So, with these things in mind - please explain why this sentence is necessary.

 

: I saw footage of the anti-US protests. Today, I even saw more footage of the few thousand Shiites protesting US presence in the country, for the third or fourth day in a row. No one has ever claimed that ''all'' Iraqis are happy to be liberated. There are (and probably always will be) some that are loyal to Saddam.