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to: David Blair
from: Robert Comer
date: 2003-04-10 01:49:52
subject: Re: Or......

From: "Robert Comer" 

> Not from what I've read.

Maybe he did go overboard a bit, (don't we all at times) but Baghdad Bob,
not even -- he is (was maybe?) a propagandist and not very good at lying.

> Gads, South Carolina Bob, don't you have to be at work in the morning?

Yeppers, I don't always sleep very well and this is a good distraction. 

- Bob Comer



"David Blair"  wrote in message
news:3e95018b{at}w3.nls.net...
> Not from what I've read.
>
> Gads, South Carolina Bob, don't you have to be at work in the morning?
>
>
> "Robert Comer"  wrote in message
> news:3e94ffc5$1{at}w3.nls.net...
> > >Face it. A good case can be made that Baghdad Bob and Phil Pain could
be
> > the same person.
> >
> > No way, Phil's far to based in reality to be like Baghdad Bob.
> >
> > - Bob Comer
> >
> >
> > "David Blair"  wrote in message
> > news:3e94f679{at}w3.nls.net...
> > I have it on good authority it is really our old pal Phil Pain. Here's
his
> > photo to help those along:
> >
> >
> > Judging from his postings here, it just may be. Be honest. Can YOU tell
> the
> > difference between Baghdad Bob's emissions, and Phil Pain's?
> >
> > Have you ever seen them together? Don't both have a seething, irrational
> > hatred of all things American?
> >
> > Face it. A good case can be made that Baghdad Bob and Phil Pain could be
> the
> > same person.
> >
> >
> > "Glenn Meadows"  wrote in message
> > news:3e94cf5b$1{at}w3.nls.net...
> > > Local name for the Iraqi Info Minister:
> > >
> > > Baghdad Bob.
> > >
> > > Don't know if it was used anywhere else, but it fit like Tokyo Rose.
> > >
> > > --
> > > Glenn M.
> > >
> > >
> > > "Geo."  wrote in message
news:3e94c68a$1{at}w3.nls.net...
> > > >
> > >
> >
>
http://news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story2&cid=540&u=/ap/20030409/ap_on_re_mi_ea
> > > > /war_arabs_4&printer=1
> > > >
> > > > RIYADH, Saudi Arabia - The fall of Baghdad provoked shock and
> disbelief
> > > > Wednesday among Arabs, who expressed hope that other oppressive
> regimes
> > > > would crumble but also disappointment that Saddam Hussein (news -
web
> > > sites)
> > > > did not put up a better fight against America.
> > > >
> > > > "Why did he fall that way? Why so fast?" said
Yemeni homemaker Umm
> > Ahmed,
> > > > tears streaming down her face. "He's a coward. Now
I feel sorry for
> his
> > > > people."
> > > >
> > > > Arabs clustered at TV sets in shop windows, coffee
shops, kitchens
and
> > > > offices to watch the astounding pictures of U.S. troops
overwhelming
> an
> > > Arab
> > > > capital for the first time ever.
> > > >
> > > > Feeling betrayed and misled, some turned off their sets
in disgust
> when
> > > > jubilant crowds in Baghdad celebrated the arrival of U.S. troops.
> > > >
> > > > "We discovered that all what the (Iraqi)
information minister was
> saying
> > > was
> > > > all lies," said Ali Hassan, a government employee
in Cairo, Egypt.
> "Now
> > no
> > > > one believes Al-Jazeera anymore."
> > > > [...]
> > > >
> > > > ---------------------
> > > >
> > > > you gotta be kidding, people really believed that guy? Do these
people
> > not
> > > > have access to any other news sources except aljazeera?
How shocked
> they
> > > > must have been to see Iraqis shaking hands with US soldiers...
> > > >
> > > > now where did I put that quote from Phil.. oh here it is
> > > >
> > > > ---------------------
> > > >
> > > > > > Saddam Hussein is an egomaniacal bully. He
will never leave with
> his
> > > > tail
> > > > > > between his legs, death is far superior to
dishonor to him.
> > > > >
> > > > > He'll run, he just won't want anyone to know
that's what he's
doing.
> > > >
> > > > And this oft-repeated pseudo-fact is based on what?
> > > >
> > > > I don't expect him to run.  Neither do I expect US
forces ever to be
> > > > treated by the people of Iraq as anything other than
loathsome and
> hated
> > > > invaders.
> > > >
> > > > Both Philip of Spain and Hitler allowed themselves to
be convinced
> that
> > > > they would be welcomed if they invaded Britain and that the
Government
> > of
> > > > the day would immediately collapse.  Others have convinced
themselves
> > > about
> > > > other countries.
> > > >
> > > > Doesn't happen.
> > > >
> > > > --
> > > >   Phil Payne
> > > >   http://www.isham-research.com
> > > >   +44 7785 302 803
> > > >   +49 173 6242039
> > > > --------------------
> > > >
> > > > yo Phil, you might want to question your news sources if they
provided
> > you
> > > > with the information that lead you to that conclusion,
I noticed a
> major
> > > > change in attitude at BBC today. I wasn't sure before
but I will now
> > > answer
> > > > your question, the pseudo-fact was based on reality.
> > > >
> > > > Geo. (I wonder how this played out in Paris?)
> > > >
> > > >
> > >
> > >
> >
> >
>
>

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