tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-91917473139457495072011-08-03T09:48:07.391-07:00The Truth About War<br><br><br>Are you skeptical of the biased mainstream coverage of current and past wars in the U.S.? So are we. This blog offers a look at both mainstream and alternative coverage of wars so that you can discover the truth for yourself. Aside from posting links to mainstream news as well as military blogs, alternative war stories, etc., we present you with a forum where you can post your own thoughts and opinions about the current state of war.Group Hhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13203666339250597159noreply@blogger.comBlogger71100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9191747313945749507.post-62814274321836910342010-02-15T15:32:00.001-08:002010-02-15T15:37:56.585-08:00Follow-up to the Lara Logan/Jon Stewart Interview<div style="text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 10px; white-space: pre;"><object height="315" width="500"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/l6zDb7jx4gw&hl=en_US&fs=1&rel=0&color1=0x006699&color2=0x54abd6&border=1"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/l6zDb7jx4gw&hl=en_US&fs=1&rel=0&color1=0x006699&color2=0x54abd6&border=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="500" height="315"></embed></object></span></span></div></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/9191747313945749507-6281427432183691034?l=accuracyofwar.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Group Hhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13203666339250597159noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9191747313945749507.post-31444448577772448742010-02-14T11:39:00.000-08:002010-02-14T20:19:44.935-08:00What kind of emotion does this image invoke?<div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #f3f3f3;">Everyday we are bombarded with images of war...oftentimes in order to ignite a particular emotional response. How does an image like this cause you to feel? What emotions do you think the mainstream media encourage us to feel with the images they choose to show us?<a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_Izft9tItrUM/S3jKyUptWAI/AAAAAAAAABE/bchNxFuKUwc/s1600-h/kissforehead.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_Izft9tItrUM/S3jKyUptWAI/AAAAAAAAABE/bchNxFuKUwc/s320/kissforehead.jpg" /></a></span></span></div><div style="font: 12.0px Helvetica; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #f3f3f3;">Photo courtesy of http://emmyjo.files.wordpress.com/</span></span></i></div></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/9191747313945749507-3144444857777244874?l=accuracyofwar.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Group Hhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13203666339250597159noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9191747313945749507.post-78799408701000679942010-02-14T10:54:00.000-08:002010-02-14T20:20:49.291-08:00Our Blog Gets a Shout Out on milblogging.com!<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #f3f3f3;">Check it out!</span></b></span><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #f3f3f3;"><br /></span> </b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #f3f3f3;"> </span></span><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #f3f3f3;"> </span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #f3f3f3;"> </span></b></span><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><b><a href="http://www.milblogging.com/index.php?entry=entry100214-063644"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #f3f3f3;">http://www.milblogging.com/index.php?entry=entry100214-063644</span></a></b></span><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #f3f3f3;"><br /></span> </b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #f3f3f3;"> </span></span><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #f3f3f3;"> </span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #f3f3f3;"> </span></b></span><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #f3f3f3;">Be sure to check out the rest of their site too - which includes </span></b></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #f3f3f3;">"a daily snapshot of the top milblogs, milblogs by country, and other cool stuff in the military blogosphere".</span></b></span><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/9191747313945749507-7879940870100067994?l=accuracyofwar.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Group Hhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13203666339250597159noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9191747313945749507.post-13331360516761554322010-02-13T14:25:00.000-08:002010-02-13T15:05:32.148-08:00Got a story from the recent events in Haiti, the Afghan surge or any other military supported operation that you feel the mainstream media misreported? Please post it here! We want to hear your perspective!<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/9191747313945749507-1333136051676155432?l=accuracyofwar.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Group Hhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13203666339250597159noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9191747313945749507.post-6006311813521446242010-02-11T22:52:00.000-08:002010-02-11T22:55:59.064-08:00Are you tired of hearing only negative news stories about the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan? If so we recommend you check out this website.<a href="http://www.troopscoop.typepad.com/">http://www.troopscoop.typepad.com/</a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/9191747313945749507-600631181352144624?l=accuracyofwar.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Group Hhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13203666339250597159noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9191747313945749507.post-91118553204030802002010-02-11T19:35:00.001-08:002010-02-15T15:36:41.101-08:00CBS Correspondent Lara Logan on Mainstream Coverage of War in U.S.<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 10px; white-space: pre;"><object height="285" width="340"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/CT-Hq117w8s&hl=en_US&fs=1&rel=0&color1=0x006699&color2=0x54abd6&border=1"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/CT-Hq117w8s&hl=en_US&fs=1&rel=0&color1=0x006699&color2=0x54abd6&border=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="340" height="285"></embed></object></span></span><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/9191747313945749507-9111855320403080200?l=accuracyofwar.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Group Hhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13203666339250597159noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9191747313945749507.post-39542369593484410412010-02-10T21:39:00.000-08:002010-02-11T19:17:53.795-08:00Share Your ThoughtsWhat stories about the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan are the mainstream media failing to report? Please post your thoughts! It doesn't matter if your story is positive or negative...your words deserve to be heard.<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/9191747313945749507-3954236959348441041?l=accuracyofwar.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Group Hhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13203666339250597159noreply@blogger.com3