The Fainting General

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On Sunday I was walking back from fishing and went into a Mexican bar for a cold one. I was watching the big screen TV when some Mexico City news network showed footage of one of our generals having some kind of seizure or stroke while giving a press conference in Iraq. His face when blank, he trembled slightly, and then fell forward and leaned his cheek on the mike. He was then led offstage by two uniformed colleagues.

I've searched in vain and haven't seen anything in the US press... a massive cover-up, or voluntary US press ban? I don't understand spanish well enough to follow what the journalist was saying.

Did anybody else see this?

― andy, Tuesday, 20 April 2004 16:55 (twenty-two years ago)

are you sure it was the news and not some mexican jon stewart show or something¿

― dyson (dyson), Tuesday, 20 April 2004 17:00 (twenty-two years ago)

I saw the report on cnn.com yesterday. He returned 15 minutes later for a bit.

― lawrence kansas (lawrence kansas), Tuesday, 20 April 2004 17:01 (twenty-two years ago)

hmmm it's nowhere on cnn.

I guess do a search, general's name is Kimmitt.

― lawrence kansas (lawrence kansas), Tuesday, 20 April 2004 17:12 (twenty-two years ago)

I saw it last night, kinda spooky.

― bnw (bnw), Tuesday, 20 April 2004 17:19 (twenty-two years ago)

pass out time, horray¡

― dyson (dyson), Tuesday, 20 April 2004 17:21 (twenty-two years ago)

Well, there it is... it does appear, however, that the story has been somewhat squashed. It was a really disturbing thing to watch.

― andy, Tuesday, 20 April 2004 17:37 (twenty-two years ago)

i'm curious what caused it.
i like the one person speculating under the article that his batteries ran out¡

― dyson (dyson), Tuesday, 20 April 2004 17:43 (twenty-two years ago)

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