The Irony Police Are Investigating
- At July 08, 2004
- By Bob Howe
- In Blog Posts
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From Evan Wright’s new book, Generation Kill, an account of his embed with the First Reconnaissance Battalion of the U.S. Marines during the invasion of Iraq:
War fever, at least among reporters, has been running pretty high. Before coming to Kuwait, while staying at the main media hangout hotel by the Navy’s port in Bahrain, I’d witnessed two colleagues get into a smackdown in the lobby over the issue of war and peace. A Canadian wire-service reporter, bitterly opposed to the war, knocked down a loudly patriotic American photographer in favor of it. While stunned Arab security guards looked on, the Canadian peacenik clenched the American patriot into a sort of LAPD chokehold and repeatedly slammed his head into the back of a chair. The American was saved from further humiliation only after several tough women from Reuters and AFP waded in and broke apart the one-sided combat.
Separated at Birth?
- At July 02, 2004
- By Bob Howe
- In Blog Posts
- 10
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