media Hype

[flubber]

I see that the British born and bred muslim fanatics who intended to blow up American planes over the Atlantic (filled with about 80% British people) has been turned into American planes filled with American people being blown up above American cities by terrorists that go by another name (according to the American media)

[gerkin]

We have probably foiled the wrong terrorist in that case

[flubber]

Which one? Holiday freebie, two jags or Shrub?

Actually don't bother to answer as next year there will be a film with someone like Tom Cruise who just happens to be on an American plane from Heathrow filled with quivering heaps of terrified Brits who foils a plot and saves mankind with a brass band playing under the passengers seats.

[brachiopod]

So shouldn't the US bomb the country that is obviously harbouring the terrorists in question, and those supplying them with their weapons?

Errr..... so that's Britain and larger branches of Tesco's then.

[AB Editor]

hi flubber

I have something to add to that. I was talking with my very panicked mother in America last night and it turns out that on the breakfast news programme (she is 8 hours behind us) she watched yesterday the presenters made it seem like the 24 suspected terrorists were caught at the airport!

I told her to tune into BBC world instead. outrageous.

[Amara]

brachiopod - I just hope George W didn't read your post!! Many a true word and all that.......

[steviep165]

I was flicking through the various news channels yesterday afternoon and the difference in reporting was astounding.
By 3 or 4pm CNN and especially FOX had identified the fact that Bin Laden was behind it all directly, and that you could make one of the liquid bombs using lucozade!!
didn�t hear a peep of any of this on BBC News 24.
The head of Homeland Security had established that the success of the british security forces had been in large part due to the assisstance of the US agencies.
The US propaganda machine moves at a frightening velocity!!

[chimney]

If you listen to the Americans I'm sure they will tell you that it was them that built the pyramids as well

[NORMANTHEDOG]

i think they won the battle of trafalgar as well.

[Booldawg]

well we are practically related, why shouldnt they join in our triumphs?

[jonnythebosh]

Overbearing, arrogant, annoying and lacking the capacity to understand irony. But at least the Yanks are on our side so they are not all bad.

[maxximus]

yes stevie165, couldn't agree with you more. with the banner headline 'target america, terror from the sky's' and the ominous background music and nicholas cage running across the screen during commercials as the big release of the new 'the world trade centre' movie happens to coincide with all this. they don't miss an opportunity to spread fear amongst their masses do they. as you say, showing all osama's greatest hits all day(his video's) and based on no facts whatsoever, layed out with the same panels of experts who gave us afghanistan and iraq, how behind the scenes osama and his band of nutters were pulling all the strings(here i thought he was dead) even stretching it to the point that the president of iran was going to envoke the 'apocolypse' on aug.22. starting with 'little satan' (israel) then 'big satan'(u.s.) even though they have nukes and he apparantly doesn't, wouldn't have believed it had i not seen it with my own eyes, i think i have to call bullsh1t! i guess it's also just a coincidence this happened on tuesday. http://www.axisoflogic.com/artman/publish/arti cle_22716.shtml

[maxximus]

nothing like a good scare to bring those voters back in line. cheers!