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Originally posted by Adam White
I'd give 9:1 odds that the reporter who got that quote was assigned the job of specifically getting that quote. I hope that he had to interview several peoiple before he got what he was looking for.
I see this in the same vain as the crap Sports Illustrated pulled about the Iraqi soccer team, implying that some ignorant quote from two benchwarmers reflected the attotudes of the team. The fact is, if they could have gotten an anti-American quote form one of the starters - or even SCORERS, you know damn well they would have used it.
Unfortunately, now you have even more Americans calling for us to pull out, just based on that SI article. It wouldn't surprise me now if some other people see that comment from Afghanistan and start claiming nothing has changed. It must be hard to win hearts and minds in either culture when the media is dead set against you.
We all know that you can go to any group of 100 random Americans and get dman near ANY viewpoint or quote you want. I think most Americans relaize this, but many cannot imagine the same is true elsewhere in the world The media will always find the quote to fit in with their agenda and preconceived notions.
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That wans't really my point as I trust very little from the "mainstream" media nowadays. The fact is you cannot ignore how muslim societies value or treat the fairer sex. The fact is that 5 teams didn't send any women to the games and all 5 were muslim coutries. Viewed in that light and given the historical treatment of women in those societies it isn't a real strech to believe that soldiers comments weren't that far out of the mainstream.