Fwd: D-Day reports; a cynic's view

[Bart Meerdink]

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Henk Vreekamp wrote:
>
> Je verrast me Bart,
>
> Lees je voldoende Engels? Deze satire is nu juist een aanval op het
> huidige Bush-beleid en de chauvinistische berichtgeviong erover in de
> Amerikaanse pers.Door de historische vergelijking relativeer je tevens
> de huidige berichtgeving.

Dit stukje is een aanval op kritische berichtgeving jegens de VS door
deze in het belachelijke te trekken. "If today's media reported on
D-Day" dan zouden we (volgens de schriver van het stukje) lezen:

 >>> Several thousand Americans died during the first hours of the
 >>> invasion and French officials are concerned that uncollected
 >>> corpses pose a public health risk. "The Americans should have
 >>> planned for this in advance," they said. "It's their mess and
 >>> we don't intend to clean it up."

Overdrijving tot in het absurde dus om de kritiek die de VS ten dele
gevallen is in de Irak-oorlog als kwaadaardig af te schilderen.

Henk, lees je voldoende Engels (Amerikaans)?

Bart Meerdink

>
> hv,u
> ----------
>
> At 08:44 21-8-04 +0200, you wrote:
>
>> Een ingewikkelde (satirische) manier om te stellen: Normandie 1944 =
>> Irak 2004, Saddam = Hitler.
>>
>> Amerikaanse pro Irak-oorlog propaganda dus, in feite zelfs met de
>> ondertoon van oorlog is goed en de media moeten niet zo zeuren.
>>
>> Bart Meerdink
>>
>> Henk Vreekamp wrote:
>>
>>>
>>>> (This is what you would hear if today's media reported on D-Day at
>>>> Normandy)
>>>>
>>>> [We regret I do not know the author of this piece which was forwarded
>>>> by a friend. We would give credit if we know who wrote this.]
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> June 6, 1944. ­ NORMANDY - Three hundred French civilians were killed
>>>> and thousands more wounded today in the first hours of America's
>>>> invasion of continental Europe. Casualties were heaviest among women
>>>> and children. Most of the French casualties were the result of
>>>> artillery fire from American ships attempting to knock out German
>>>> fortifications prior to the landing of hundreds of thousands of U.S.
>>>> troops. Reports from a make-shift hospital in the French town of St.
>>>> Mere Eglise said the carnage was far worse than the French had
>>>> anticipated and reaction against the American invasion was running
>>>> high. "We are dying for no reason," said a Frenchman speaking on
>>>> condition of anonymity. "Americans can't even shoot straight. I never
>>>> thought I'd say this, but life was better under Adolph Hitler."
>>>> The invasion also caused severe environmental damage. American troops,
>>>> tanks, trucks and machinery destroyed miles of pristine shoreline and
>>>> thousands of acres of ecologically sensitive wetlands. It was believed
>>>> that the habitat of the spineless French crab was completely wiped
>>>> out, threatening the species with extinction. A representative of
>>>> Greenpeace said his organization, which had tried to stall the
>>>> invasion for over a year, was appalled at the destruction, but not
>>>> surprised. "This is just  another example of how the military destroys
>>>> the environment without a second thought, " said Christine Moanmore.
>>>> "And it's all about corporate greed."
>>>>
>>>> Contacted at his Manhattan condo, a member of the French
>>>> government-in-exile who abandoned Paris when Hitler invaded said the
>>>> invasion was based solely on American financial interests. "Everyone
>>>> knows the President Roosevelt has ties to big beer," said Pierre
>>>> LeWimp. "Once the German beer industry is conquered, Roosevelt's beer
>>>> cronies will control the world market and make a fortune."
>>>>
>>>> Administration supporters said America's aggressive actions were based
>>>> in part on the assertions of controversial scientist Albert Einstein,
>>>> who sent a letter to Roosevelt speculating that the Germans were
>>>> developing a secret weapon, a so-called "atomic bomb." Such a weapon
>>>> could produce casualties on a scale never seen before and cause
>>>> environmental damage that could last for thousands of years. Hitler
>>>> has denied having such a weapon and international inspectors were
>>>> unable to locate such weapons even after spending two long weekends in
>>>> Germany. Shortly after the invasion began reports surfaced that German
>>>> prisoners had been abused by Americans. Mistreatment of Jews by
>>>> Germans at so-called "concentration camps" has been rumored but so
>>>> far, remains
>>>> unproven.
>>>>
>>>> Several thousand Americans died during the first hours of the invasion
>>>> and French officials are concerned that uncollected corpses pose a
>>>> public health risk. "The Americans should have planned for this in
>>>> advance," they said. "It's their mess and we don't intend to clean it
>>>> up."
>>>> * * * * *
>>>> Sure "SOUNDS" like ABC, CBS, NBC, CNN, FOX, and Whoopi Goldberg to me!
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
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