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McCain's retraction of his comments lends support to Ware's position. He's credible because, in the end, the sources he cited--US officers laughing at McCain's suggestion--turned out to be correct. General Petraeus' office gave more corroboration the next day. Michael Ware also works in Baghdad; McCain doesn't.
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Michael Ware apparently works in the green zone. Clearly that doesn't exactly give him this overwhelming perspective of "actually being there" outside of that area. The area outside the green zone being what we're discussing here.
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Yes, just as sarcasm and satire are not "the truth." But they can expose it, as Ware demonstrated.
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Satire and Sarcasm are done so under other intentions. Exaggerations by definitions are done so with the intent of misrepresenting the fact.
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You questioned Michael Ware's reporting in your first post without once ever addressing the specifics of the OP--McCain's ludicrous comments.
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So one person equals the media now?
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You "blamed" Ware for using hyperbole (exaggeration) without ever considering the sources he cites--US officers and other journalists who can't leave the Green Zone without armed escorts.
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Point negated. You conceded he used hyperbole already.
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And then you inserted the usual "non-partisan" bile about the one-party system.
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Non-partisan bile? I suggest you read some more of my posts because that's not a stance I've just taken all of the sudden for this argument.
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I suppose Michael Ware is part of the two-party conspiracy
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What are you on about this time?
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and his exaggeration/sarcastic comments about a story proven to be true by McCain's own admission is the evidence
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I'm not sure if you got the memo but exaggeration and sarcasm are not the same thing.