An Ex-Marine claims the official version of the capture of Saddam was staged. You might be surprised… if you aren’t smart like me. In wars, stuff is staged or made up all the time. For example:
* The Assassination of President Lincoln: Lincoln was dead from a heroin overdose six days before he supposedly went to Ford Theater. Assassination by John Wilkes Booth was staged to turn public opinion against the political beliefs of actors.
* The Suicide of Hitler: Completely made up when Adolph Hitler wasn’t found after the invasion of Germany. Hitler later found vending peanuts at Wrigley Field.
* Raising Flag at Iwo Jima: Picture actually taken on a soundstage in Area 51.
* The Fall of Saigon: Never happened. We actually won the Vietnam War and pretended to lose it to get Commies over-confident.
* The Bombing of Nagasaki: Actually planned ahead of time. Not just done off the cuff.
* The Crusades: Not actaully looking for Holy Land; instead, it was a search for Thai hookers.
* Korean War: North Korea is democratic and South Korea is overrun with Communists. After initial error by a cartographer, the mistake was never corrected to keep up the image of government infallibility.
* The War of 1812: White House burnt down when first lady left oven on. Let Canadians claim credit because we felt so sorry for them.
* Parting of the Red Sea: There were plenty of boats for the Israelites to escape in, but Moses wanted to show off God’s awesome might again. Moses is such a wanker.
* Civil War: North never really wanted the South back, but had to pretend they did when the war got too serious.
* Hannibal Crossing the Alps: He actually hang-glided past the Alps. Elephants were sent by freight.
* Mexican-American War: Never happened. West coast stolen from Mexico while they were on siesta.
* Cola Wars: Atlanta was actually set on fire by Coca-Cola to rationalize violent air strike against Pepsi.
* Destruction of the Death Star: For final shot, Luke Skywalker was using the targeting computer.
UPDATE: Michelle Malkin has a good post on the debunking of the staged Saddam story (with links!). And here I was blindly believing Ex-Sgt. Nadim Abou Rabeh who apparently now lives in Lebanon. Well, all the other stories I listed are true.
FIRST!
And keep Hitler out of my ballpark.
North never wanted the South back! That is FrankJ funny. I see you have found your muse again? Must be the snuggling last night 😉
Cartographers ARE infallible.
In top form, Frank J! Hannibal hang-gliding is my fav.
–AND… this “ex” Marine is actually an ex-woman who was scorned by a real Marine and so decided to have a sex change… now he/she is making up this story because they gave him/her too much hormone therapy after the procedure.
–Major phony- period.
(No real Marine would say “ex”-Marine… we are Once and Always Marines… and sometimes referred to as “formerly on active duty”.)
I knew there was somthing up with that Iwo Jima picture. Check out a “digitally remastered version”[shadowknot.org].
You forgot one:
*Super Mario Brothers: Princes wasn’t actually in another castle; she just wanted to catch up on her soaps before having to spend the afternoon with schmuck plumber.
And by “Princes” I meant “Princess”. Yeesh! Caffeine, when will you kick in???
Legend of Zelda:
Zelda actually having affair with Gannon. Link had Gannon over for a party and killed him with several Coors Lights (the Silver Bullet).
Don’t forget the sinking of the Titanic, which was filmed in 1997, even though many people believe the ship went down in 1912.
I remember hearing a conspiracy a while back that said we captured Saddam long before it was announced to the public, and there was some type of tree in the background that would not have been growing fruit if it had been the season that we actually caught him, or something. I forget.
Non sequitor post… Miss your bible commentary. Try Genesis 34. It starts out as a love story involving rape and ends with the bad guys being slaughtered after they get umm (show the sign of their covenant)
Actually, the flag raising at Iwo Jima was faked.
http://www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/USAProsenthal.htm
No, really, it was a staged photo.