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Just a wild guess, here, but…is this some A.P. photo editor’s way of saying “quagmire”?

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From the AP wires: “A U.S. military helicopter lands at Baghdad’s heavily protected Green Zone at sunset Tuesday Dec 7 2004. (AP Photo/Dusan Vranic)”
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From L to R, the posters for the Vietnam-themed Miss Saigon and Apocalypse Now, Redux

7 replies on “Just a wild guess, here, but…is this some A.P. photo editor’s way of saying “quagmire”?”

In the morning, I love the smell of recycling imagery that has crept into the collective unconscious.
The real “gas” is that for all the neo-cons’ attempts to put to rest the Vietnam syndrome, they’ve replicated it. Gotta go rent me a copy of “Brazil.” Not nearly enough black humor around here.

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