To be perfectly fair, media coverups of military blunders are actually not unknown. During WWII a piece of footage was shot showing a number of US troops dead in Europe. The narrator described ot as a devistating artillery attack by the Germans; later research showed that this was, in fact, a particularly nasty incident of Friendly Fire.
Gautam, I agree with the others; I think it highly unlikely, but not impossible. I remember reading AARs from the initial invasion, and it seems the Iraqis were a bit better armed than we had thought, posessing more advanced ATGMs and improved RPG rounds (no doubt through contacts in Russia/former SovUnion). To be perfectly fair I have to acknowledge the other side of the debate too. Re: Culture of Paranoia. I think popular media has a lot to do with this. It used to be the paranoia with regards to Freemasonry/secret societies (ironically, my fraternity was founded by the son of a US prosecuter that was heavily involved in breaking Freemasonry in the early US) was a cultural suspicion of anything secret in the US, and it goes back quite a ways (early 1800's IIRC). However, in the post-Watergate era, and fed by movies like JFK, the X-files, etc, I think the "government conspiracy" angle is just popular and entertaining. Plus it probably resonates a bit more with the libertarian crowds as well... Damon. ===== ------------------------------------------------------------ Damon Agretto [EMAIL PROTECTED] "Qui desiderat pacem, praeparet bellum." http://www.geocities.com/garrand.geo/index.html Now Building: Legends Aussie Centurion Mk.5/1 ------------------------------------------------------------ __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Mail - 50x more storage than other providers! http://promotions.yahoo.com/new_mail _______________________________________________ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
