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Originally Posted by theusername
http://www.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/meast/...ter/index.html
Yep. Proof. Regardless my personal opinion is that it is an embarassment that our tanks are not armored properly. At the same time it was not right for this reporter to do as they did. Media reports news, doesn't create it. That's how it should be.
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However, in a press-conference situation, the question would not have been reported on, if the reporter was even allowed to ask it. These days, reporters have to submit lists of questions to be pre-approved by the government, and only the approved questioners get called on. With that system in place, is it any wonder that the reporter actually did some legwork and got the question asked and into the public sphere of debate?
Also, note that even if the question was "planted" by the reporter, the troops obviously feel strongly about this issue - unless you feel that the 3000 cheering people were also planted.
Bingle