bxbomb Posted August 11 Report Share Posted August 11 rumsfeld in a Iraq war briefing drops in a Were gonna do a 9/11 freedom country music conecert march with Clint Black !!wooo hooo way top go rummy try and tie that 9/11 angle in to the iraqi clusterfuck some more #s are down in the approval of this war , time to get your most strident backers (country music fans) back in line and support this war. God i hope toby keith will be there tooA nascar race featuring Dubya Conde Rummy ANd CHeney is not too far off in the future clint black Pentagon announces September 11 concertWashingtonAugust 10, 2005 - 1:36PMPage ToolsEmail to a friend Printer format The Pentagon would hold a massive march and country music concert to mark the fourth anniversary of the September 11 terrorist attacks, US Defence Secretary Donald Rumsfeld said in an announcement tucked into an Iraq war briefing today."This year the Department of Defence will initiate an America Supports Your Freedom Walk," Rumsfeld said, adding that the march would remind people of "the sacrifices of this generation and of each previous generation".The march will start at the Pentagon, where nearly 200 people died on September 11, 2001, and end at the National Mall with a show by country star Clint Black.Word of the event startled some observers."I've never heard of such a thing," said John Pike, who has been a defence analyst in Washington for 25 years and runs GlobalSecurity.org.The news also reignited debate and anger over linking September 11 with the war in Iraq."That piece of it is disturbing since we all know now there was no connection," said Paul Rieckhoff, an Iraq veteran who heads Operation Truth, an anti-administration military booster.Rieckhoff suggested the event was an ill-conceived publicity stunt."I think it's clear that their public opinion polls are in the toilet," he said.Rumsfeld's march had some relatives of September 11 victims fuming."How about telling Mr Rumsfeld to leave the memories of September 11 victims to the families?" said Monica Gabrielle, who lost her husband in the attacks.Administration supporters insisted Rumsfeld was right to link Iraq and September 11, and hold the rally."We are at war," said Representative Pete King, (Republican, New York)."It's essential that we support our troops."He also said attacking Iraq was necessary after September 11."You do not defeat al-Qaeda until you stabilise the Middle East, and that's not possible as long as Saddam Hussein is in power."- KRT Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
destruction Posted August 12 Report Share Posted August 12 Administration supporters insisted Rumsfeld was right to link Iraq and September 11, and hold the rally.Really?!?!?!What a fucking joke. I hope it fails miserably. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bxbomb Posted August 16 Author Report Share Posted August 16 Washington POst pulls out ...sorry RumsfeldWASHINGTON - The Washington Post is withdrawing its offer of free advertising for an organized event by the Defense Department to memorialize the victims of the Sept. 11, 2001, terror attacks, the newspaper announced. The Post backed out of the agreement after critics said the event, scheduled to take place four years after the attacks that hit New York and Washington and resulted in the crash of a commercial airliner over western Pennsylvania, would have a pro-war slant and that support of the event by the newspaper would compromise the Post's journalistic integrity."The Post has a code of conduct that says employees should avoid a conflict of interest or the appearance of a conflict of interest," said Rick Ehrmann, a Local representative for the Washington-Baltimore Newspaper Guild. "In this case The Post was sponsoring the Pentagon's Freedom Walk, which ties the attack on Sept.... 11 to the Iraq war, and of course, The Post's reporters have proven ... that there is no connection between the two, that that link is false."Ehrmann said, "The Post has made a very good decision in withdrawing from this event."The paper said that it instead will make a donation directly to the Pentagon Memorial Fund, which is raising money to build a two-acre contemplation park in honor of the 184 people who died when a plane crashed into the Pentagon in 2001. The decision was reported by the Post in Tuesday's Style section."It is unfortunate that The Washington Post has made this decision not to support the Freedom Walk, but we welcome their donation to the Pentagon Memorial Fund," said a Defense Department statement. "Everyone in American will pay tribute and commemorate this important day in different ways."Critics of media support for the event also pointed to the free concert by Clint Black that is to take place at the end of the march route. Black's Web site, http://www.clintblack.com/songlyrics.html, features lyrics to his song entitled "I Raq and I Roll," including "Our troops take out the garbage/ for the good old U.S.A.""If this is the person they're going to have representing American freedom, I'd say it's a political event," said Eric Hilton of the pop duo Thievery Corporation, who is part of a coalition that's organizing an anti-war protest concert on the Mall for later in September. Hilton said his concert will be political and he does not expect media sponsorship.Other organizations scheduled to sponsor the Sept. 11 event included Stars and Stripes newspaper, Pentagon Federal Credit Union, Subway, Lockheed Martin, WTOP Radio Network, ABC/WJLA-TV Channel 7 and News Channel 8 and the Washington Convention & Tourism Corporation, according to the Freedom Walk Web site."As things stand right now we are committed to honoring our agreement to promote the event," said Stan Melton, director of creative services at WJLA TV and News Channel 8 in Washington. "If we were to find out that it was meant to be a political event, we couldn't support it."Calls to The Washington Post and to the Defense Department were not immediately returned.___On the Net:The Washington Post: http://www.washingtonpost.com Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
destruction Posted August 16 Report Share Posted August 16 I hope more sponsors back out. I smell a concert going bust. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vicman Posted August 16 Report Share Posted August 16 great - more fucking tourists in this town. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
destruction Posted August 18 Report Share Posted August 18 great - more fucking tourists in this town. Yeah. Redneck "yee haw" tourists. I hope more sponsors back out. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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