First off, I'm going on record to say I don't support the premise of the war, but we made a mess we need to clean up.
>Whether you are in favor of, opposed to, or indifferent about the war, what >do you think about these issues: > >1. What do you see as the purpose of ongoing criticism of the war? I think most of the critisism is to make political waves and pull the wool over the eyes of this country as the major political parties try to further erode our civil liberties and rights. > >2. What do you make of reports from soliders that things are much different >"on the ground" than news reports show? >From conversations with currently deployed and recently returned service men, >this is true. In a one week period in July 2005 nothing good was reportedly >happening in Baghdad. However, the 256th BCT had 100 major and minor >infrastructure improvement projects either completed or started in that week. >Press releases to that affect were sent by the division PAO to all major press >outlets and none were picked up. It might be minor that 2 neighborhood >clinics in Sadr City were opened with Iraqi doctors, but that is good news to >me. > >3. What do you see in the varying degrees of similarity or difference in >reporting on the war from military commanders, politicians, and the media? I have noticed that senior military commanders, politocs and the media all kave politcal axes to grind. Everything coming out of Iraq from above a division HQ is heavily slanted either right or left. Likewise most of what I see coming out of the media and politicians orifices is slanted the same way. > > >Just some general questions to get us all thinking about where things stand >today. > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:5:200752 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:5 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
