From: Adam Flinton 

Jeff Shultz wrote:
> On Mon, 13 Dec 2004 12:09:45 -0600, John Cuccia wrote:
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>>On Mon, 13 Dec 2004 11:23:06 -0500, "Gary Wiltshire"

>>wrote:
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>>>Because the session was for questions from the soldiers, not journalists
>>
>>So it was really just another staged PR event, designed to obfuscate
>>rather than to inform.  Typical.
>
>
> What part of _The Soldiers Get To Ask The Questions_ do you not understand?
>
> The full transcripts are out there - start at instapundit.com. The MSM is
> being selective of what they put out... like normal.
>
>
Why did so many clap though if it was not actually a question many wanted to ask?

It may have beeen that this journo-bloke was somewhat over-egging his role.

A soldier did ask the question.

Other soldiers were not in obvious disagreement with the proposition.

A while back (when the Black Watch moved north) people were not comfortable
with thin skinned trucks except in convoy & even then...

At the very least desert dust roads & land mines are easy companions
& iraq has massive minefields where people who know mines could go
& disarm/rearm a mine for use elsewhere.




Adam

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