Search This Blog

Sunday, October 16, 2005

FRIENDS, THE MEDIA, IRAQ AND THE WAR

A very old friend wrote me today. It has been years since I saw him but he is on my e-mail list. We have exchanged family pictures over the years. I recently forwarded an e-mail that I thought was poignant, describing the heroism of an American marine in Iraq.

You will find it here: http://www.wtv-zone.com/Mary/THISWILLMAKEYOUPROUD.HTML

(Click on it and scroll down)

In response he replied that he is proud of the marine, but that he believed that the war in Iraq is wrong, that the “Free World” opposes us, that the war has cost us billions that presumably could have been better spent elsewhere, that we are mired down and that our actions are encouraging terrorists. He went on to mention the Geneva convention and prisoner abuse. I suspect that he is unfamiliar with the actual Geneva convention and assumes that prisoner abuse is SOP in the army (there may be a part in the army field manual that tells our soldiers just how to abuse prisoners).

I don’t know my friend that well any more; we played together nearly 50 years ago in a small town in Michigan and have gone our separate ways since then. But I can understand why he believes what he believes.

And it’s too bad.

He believes what he believes because that is the story that has been reported via the MSM since the early days of the war. Click on the link above again and let me know if you have seen any news reports of heroic action on the part of our troops in Iraq. Tell me if you are aware of any reconstruction going on in Iraq. Yet, if the situation is so dire, if the people hate us so, if the Islamofascists are winning, why are people lined up in the street to join the Iraqi army? Why do Iraqi children swarm around our soldiers (and become the targets of murderous killers who drive car bombs into the crowd)? Why did they line up outside polling places, braving bombs and bullets, to vote in legislative election in January and why did they line up again yesterday to vote on the new constitution?

An interesting example of the media’s bias found in Oxblog where the NY Times and the Washington Post could not agree on WHAT HAPPENED TODAY IN IRAQ? Were the voters “unenthusiastic “(NY Times), or were there “scenes of joy” (WA Post)?

Thank God for Al Gore’s invention of the internet. We now get our reports unfiltered, if we want to get the facts. If we are still stuck on the wrong side of the bridge to the 21st Century, we can still have the MSM tell us they facts they wish us to know, and tell us how to think about them.

But by all means, don’t red more than one newspaper; you’ll get confused.

14 comments:

printertechnician said...

Thanks for sharing a nice article.The key challenge is that the cyber world has become so vast. Before, most cyber security issues revolved around computers. You’d get a virus, and it needed to be removed. Now, thanks to the Internet of Things(IoT), almost everything has a network connection.
cyber security issues

totopickpro said...

I book marked it to my bookmark webpage list and will be checking back in the near future.
Please visit my web site too and let me know what you think. 사설토토

sportstotolink said...

Someone Sometimes with visits your blog regularly and recommended it in my experience to read as well. 토토

sportstoto.zone said...

Thanks for such a valuable post. I am waiting for your next post, I have enjoyed a lot reading this post keep it up.
c스포츠토토

magosucomyang said...

I am usually to running a blog and i actually appreciate your content. The article has really peaks my interest. I’m going to bookmark your website and keep checking for brand spanking new information.Click Me Here 경마사이트

casinosite.one said...

fastidious piece of writing and pleasant urging commented here, I am truly enjoying by these.바카라사이트

casinosite.zone said...

It’s awesome to visit this web site and reading the views of all mates regarding this post. 카지노사이트프로

totosafeguide said...

Hi everyone, it’s my first visit at this web site, and piece of writing is actually fruitful designed for me, keep up posting these posts. What’s up, everything is going nicely here and ofcourse every one is sharing facts, that’s genuinely fine, keep up writing. Feel free to visit my website; 안전놀이터

casinositelink said...

I¦ve learn a few excellent stuff here. Certainly worth bookmarking for revisiting. I wonder how so much attempt you place to create this type of fantastic informative web site. Feel free to visit my website; 온라인카지노

메이저사이트추천 said...

Youre so right. Im there with you. Your weblog is definitely worth a read if anyone comes throughout it. Im lucky I did because now Ive received a whole new view of this. 메이저사이트추천


baccaratsite•biz said...

It's always a pleasure to read your magnificent articles on this site. You are among the top writers of this generation, and there's nothing you can do that will change my opinion on that. 온라인카지노

totosite365.info said...

Fantastic web site. Lots of helpful info here 스포츠토토

casinositetop.com said...

This paragraph will assist the internet people for creating new website or even a weblog from start to end. 카지노

casinositehot.com said...

It’s very simple to find out any topic on web as compared to textbooks, as I found this paragraph at this website.카지노사이트