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06-22-2009, 04:43 PM
The year was 1898.....In Victorian era America, this cartoon depiction created an outrage. It, along with the mysterious sinking of the USS Maine got us into war......(later on we learned that the woman was only patted down by a female Spaniard.)
In 1991, it was the crying Iraqi "nurse" , who told Congress how she witnessed "babies being taken out of incubators and "smashed on the floor."
Neda of Iran (a fake video if ever I saw one!) is the latest version of the distressed female being used to manipulate us. (The Iraqi women who were gang raped in Abu Gharaib prison somehow do not merit our sympathy.)
Have a look at this drawing from 1898.....cuz those who fail to learn from history......
http://images.google.com/imgres?imgurl=http://www.authentichistory.com/postcivilwar/saw/1898_Drawing-NY_Journal_Strip-Search.jpg&imgrefurl=http://www.authentichistory.com/postcivilwar/saw/1898_Drawing-NY_Journal_Strip-Search.html&usg=__D6llcmW9Ktt2CLMqQu3Cs90lRtA=&h=1142&w=1213&sz=426&hl=en&start=1&sig2=ZxZDdMCB8v5X5M1wmzYleg&um=1&tbnid=Wl1s4chu9C8L_M:&tbnh=141&tbnw=150&prev=/images%3Fq%3Dspanish%2Bamerican%2Bwar%2Bfemale%2Bs trip%2Bsearched%26hl%3Den%26client%3Dfirefox-a%26channel%3Ds%26rls%3Dorg.mozilla:en-US:official%26sa%3DN%26um%3D1&ei=zQhASsrHMISpmQeI0rCMDg
In 1991, it was the crying Iraqi "nurse" , who told Congress how she witnessed "babies being taken out of incubators and "smashed on the floor."
Neda of Iran (a fake video if ever I saw one!) is the latest version of the distressed female being used to manipulate us. (The Iraqi women who were gang raped in Abu Gharaib prison somehow do not merit our sympathy.)
Have a look at this drawing from 1898.....cuz those who fail to learn from history......
http://images.google.com/imgres?imgurl=http://www.authentichistory.com/postcivilwar/saw/1898_Drawing-NY_Journal_Strip-Search.jpg&imgrefurl=http://www.authentichistory.com/postcivilwar/saw/1898_Drawing-NY_Journal_Strip-Search.html&usg=__D6llcmW9Ktt2CLMqQu3Cs90lRtA=&h=1142&w=1213&sz=426&hl=en&start=1&sig2=ZxZDdMCB8v5X5M1wmzYleg&um=1&tbnid=Wl1s4chu9C8L_M:&tbnh=141&tbnw=150&prev=/images%3Fq%3Dspanish%2Bamerican%2Bwar%2Bfemale%2Bs trip%2Bsearched%26hl%3Den%26client%3Dfirefox-a%26channel%3Ds%26rls%3Dorg.mozilla:en-US:official%26sa%3DN%26um%3D1&ei=zQhASsrHMISpmQeI0rCMDg