[Almansurah]

Originally posted by gekko
You know what the problem is? You're a complete idiot, reading news from Pakistan, now running your little terrorist cell from Europe.

Do the world a favor, shut up.

When I stated I read the Pakistani newspapers, that was when I visited there, and the news I saw there was very different from the news I saw here in UK. It never stated that everything was peaceful as it seems to you, and if you think it's gonna be all peaceful in Afghanistan, then you're very wrong, research the history of Afghanistan, and you will find out what kind of people they are. The news was far from complete, infact it was only dedicated a minute little space in the newspaper [around the back pages] to try prevent people from seeing it, but at the end the truth always comes out anyways.......

Rndm_Perfection, thanks for your reply. You made good points.

Then, on the contrary, very little information is given about what happened in the past. Heh, I never thought it'd happen, but the name "bin Laden" has vanished from American Broadcast. I dunno, maybe to find the truth, one must order Al-Jazeera (or the many other translated names of it).

lol. First the aim was to find Bin Laden, and 'smoke him out of his cave', but then it was stated it doesn't matter even if the leadership isn't caught. Quite a strange turn of events.

And on Afghanistan, they kinda handed over Kabul. It wasn't a long, drawn-out war. This wasn't WWII, and a lot of our attacks were done from the air. And recently, not much has happened. Battle happened very recently, one happened last spring, and there hasn't been too much for a while now. You guys are expecting 24/7 coverage from the front lines.

Yes they handed over Kabul, and the other areas. The Soviets also had quick control over the whole of Afghanistan, i.e. occupied it fully, but look at what happened to them. And yes, you're right a lot of attacks were done from the air, but you're wrong about one thing, that nothing is happening, a guerilla war is going on, with hit and run tactics, read up on reliable news.

The Russians are keenly following the America progress in Afghanistan, and well they're finding that more or less, Americans are doing the same or worse as the Russians were during their initial years of the invasion.

Originally posted by The Strangler
Almansurah, you constantly talk about the "real" news that all of us poor Americans never get to see because it is constantly filtered through the propaganda that is the American media. Yeah... RIGHT. Have you ever listened to the American media? Do you realize that if any major outlet was to find out about attrocities committed in Afghanistan OUR media would be the first to report it. Why? It equals ratings and we have the right of free speech, unlike most of the countries that you are so quick to defend. You speak out against America without realizing that if you were to reverse your opinions and put yourself in Iraq, you would most likely be DEAD now. Yes, America truly is the great satan.

But I'll give you the benefit of the doubt. Please enlighten us with the "truth".

Yes, I do listen to the American media.

Down here in UK, we get to watch Fox News, CNN, and sometimes NBC. And there's also CNBC available.

Yeh Yeh about free speech, that is just a joke. If only the world cares about free speech that much. There is so much propaganda on your news stations, and even on many news stations, I could just keep on listing it.