staging history

Okay, so "maybe" it was staged....seems to me to be fair game in "psy-ops." And, if the alternative was house to house fighting in Baghdad, as well as all the other cities, then it seems to me to be a good thing, not an outrageous thing.

Perhaps disingenuous, but effective.....giving the populace a nudge, showing them that they can rebel against Husseins machine.

I studied the aerial photos that you linked to:

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article2842.htm

In several of the pictures, I see what appears to be american (coalition(?), haha) military vehicles ringing the square and a small group of what appears to be civilians surrounding the statue and the vehicle that dragged it down...........all else appears empty, except for usa vehicles.....

In some later(?) photos...I see more "civilians" on the surrounding streets (even a man holding a child), and what appears to be a traffic jam of civilian vehicles on the road above and to the right of the statue...

So, it appears to me that this was certainly staged (ahem, with the pentagon flag just happening to be there, too), but very succesful, effective, and really not all that nefarious.

I think it was Propaganda that ultimately saved lives, both Iraqi and "Coalition," that sped the fall of the "regime"

(PS. I am by no means a Hawk....just calling them as I see them.......the pen is mightier than the sword, and a picture is worth a thousand words.....) or, in this case, a thousand lives.

My take on this is that it displays just how ham-fisted the US military can be when attempting to stage a 'moment'. The historical nature of the event can't be denied, but these guy nearly blew it anyway.

If a movie director type had been in charge, the crowd (and the passion) would have been allowed to build much longer. Word would have gone out on the streets that the big statue was resisting being toppled. Soon, a massive crowd gathers, 5000 people grab the rope, and that's all she wrote. Talk about closure!

Alas, generals in America are good at neutralizing the enemy, but not understanding the nuances and drama of history. What a scene that WOULD have been! If Psyops had their mitts on this, they badly need guidance.

And who's idea was that flag thing? Good Ghod! Stupid, stupid...