Support your troops. Just make sure you know who they are....
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He's wearing a Queen's Golden Jubilee Medal...that's a subtle hint. ;D
I can't for the life of me figure out why the SSM ribbon behind the Commando Badge... Any ideas?
I can't for the life of me figure out why the SSM ribbon behind the Commando Badge... Any ideas?
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Regardless of the provinence of the picture, how is it that after five years of war and literally millions of pictures of American servicemembers in action being taken and displayed by the media, blogs and web sites, the DNC has no clue as to what an American soldier looks like?
Imagine if you pulled up the Liberal or NDP website and a (say) British Royal Marine or Israeli Paratrooper was depicted as one of us with his unit identifiers Photoshopped out? First of all, would you believe that a picuture which is clearly Photoshopped is there by accident? Would you be inclined to give any credibility to an orgqanization which does not take the time and effort to post one correct photograph of a very visible and well known subject matter?
It isn't even that difficult. The Pentagon is just down the road from DNC HQ, or they could send a photographer to Arlington. Lots of military installations are a short drive from Washington DC, so I can 't think of any reason whatsoever that the DNC could not have a valid photograph on thier web page.
Imagine if you pulled up the Liberal or NDP website and a (say) British Royal Marine or Israeli Paratrooper was depicted as one of us with his unit identifiers Photoshopped out? First of all, would you believe that a picuture which is clearly Photoshopped is there by accident? Would you be inclined to give any credibility to an orgqanization which does not take the time and effort to post one correct photograph of a very visible and well known subject matter?
It isn't even that difficult. The Pentagon is just down the road from DNC HQ, or they could send a photographer to Arlington. Lots of military installations are a short drive from Washington DC, so I can 't think of any reason whatsoever that the DNC could not have a valid photograph on thier web page.
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I suspect, as someone else has said, that this is merely ignorance and a lack of proofreading on the part of the contractor who made up the website. Google search for a free stock photo of a generic soldier et voila...
Before we get too sanctimonious, there was a recruiting ad here in Edmonton about a month ago in one of those community guide-type publications (I can't remember which). It featured naval types on a bridge of a ship and seemed innocent enough until one realized that the photo was of Royal Navy sailors, rather than Canadians. And this was in an official CFRC ad, Government of Canada logo and all.
Before we get too sanctimonious, there was a recruiting ad here in Edmonton about a month ago in one of those community guide-type publications (I can't remember which). It featured naval types on a bridge of a ship and seemed innocent enough until one realized that the photo was of Royal Navy sailors, rather than Canadians. And this was in an official CFRC ad, Government of Canada logo and all.
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I can understand the confusion. Here is Reuters photo listed as being from the Toronto Remberance Day parade from 2004.
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No body really needs me to say I'm kidding, do they? ^-^
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Also being discussed here:
http://hotair.com/archives/2006/10/07/fauxtography-dnc-caught-redhanded-edition/
http://hotair.com/archives/2006/10/07/fauxtography-dnc-caught-redhanded-edition/
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As of 1454 EDT, the site has changed the photo to a flag:
http://www.democrats.org/a/communities/veterans_and_military_families/
Good digging PB&J
http://www.democrats.org/a/communities/veterans_and_military_families/
Good digging PB&J
