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There was a US General on Faux News (of all places) this morning
addressing that very question.


Who was the General? Is he on active duty, or is he a "former
General" who doesn't really have his finger on the pulse over there?
Was he interviewed while in Iraq, or was he sitting in Fox News'
broadcast building?

If you can provide his name (or even the name of the person who
interviewed him) we can read the transcript and see exactly who this
General was and what he actually said (not that I don't believe
somebody like you who refers to Fox News as Faux News). Time to put
up or shut up.

Calling it faux news is a cheap shot but generally deserved.

The story aired between about 9:30 and 10 AM PDT 7/25/05. It appeared
that the general was on active duty. He was shown in uniform
commenting from Iraq. I was exercising on the elliptical without
glasses and couldn't read his name on the 13" tube across the room.
I'm sure they introduced him but I was paying attention to the
newspaper until the discussion moved to the make up of the insurgency.

A more diligent or competent researcher could probably find a
transcript (LexisNexis?). I briefly searched the Foxnews site but
didn't find a reference to that particular story. Sorry, but it's now
exceeded my struggle/fun ratio threshold.

-rick-

Well, based on NOYB's rules, the story did not exist. Nor did your TV,
your exercise machine, glasses, newspaper, and perhaps even your house.
The existence of all these things depends on the name of the person who
was interviewed.

The interpretation of actual facts depends on the person being
interviewed, and the person listening to the interview.

rick tipped his hand about his bias when he called Fox News "Faux News".
That alone gave me doubt as to the veracity of his report.

Fox interviews folks from both ends of the political spectrum. I'd just
like to know some particular biographical facts on this "general" to
determine for myself if he's someone who actually has a clue as to
what's going on...or if he's just repeating party lines to further a
particular agenda.

That's fair, isn't it?




It's fair as long as you also realize that you heard comments from
what's-his-name - the Iraqi guy you're comfortable with, but you were not
actually sitting there wtih him doing the interview. You do realize you
weren't with him, right? He was interviewed by another person, who also
may have asked a set of questions which prompted certain replies.



Read the interview:
http://msnbc.msn.com/id/8335871/

Gregory was trying to get him to say exactly what you're trying to
say...and al-Jaafari stood by his guns, and turned Gregory upside down and
inside out.



Then, why do you suppose that actual American military officials in Iraq
contradict al-Jaafari??? He's not wandering the streets with a gun in his
hand, and an American army general probably isn't, either.