I have no faith in the news any more.
Not in CNN, not in CBS, NBC, ABC, The Courious Journal, the Times.. NOT IN ANY OF THEM.
Each and every News organization is using its own bias to report the news. It is hypocritical of any politician to say he is not going to be interviewed by CNN just because it is conservative when the other networks are NOT going to present the Conservative View.
We have a problem in this country. Labels.
Libs and NeoCons need to stop thinking of each other as such and start to understand that the whole truth must be told not partial truths. News media hold back things that do not promote the report they are making. How could we possibly EVER know anything is improving in Iraq, when every news organization EXCEPT FOX and CNN was against the war in Iraq from the start. Of course we are not going to see anything from them that is not going to make G.W. Bush look bad! How dumb are you.
Worse yet is the simple fact that this is playing directly into the hands of the Islamic Fundamentalists.
The media could end this war in 6 months.. Yes the media in this country is powerful enough to end this war sooner than later and to stop the deaths but it will not do that.
WHY? Because the media invested in NOT going into Iraq.
Because the media was against the war from the beginning, chastising Democrats that voted for the war. Hillary Clinton will NOT be elected President because she went against the media in authorizing this war. Barrak Obamma MIGHT win. Why? Because he was against this war from the beginning. Look at the coverages. Obamma was a State Legislator in 2004. NOW due to a quirk in election laws he is a Senator from Illinois.
We are not getting the truth from the media.
CNN slants its news to support the war, Fox does too.
The other networks slant it the other way..
My feeling is that no matter whether we should or should not have gone into Iraq is irrelevant and became irrelevant when Al Queda showed up in Iraq. We can debate the invasion to death, but the reality is that Al Queda wants to destroy the world we live in. They are the enemy.
Al Queda is willing to unleash any and all methods of destruction to meet its goal of world domination and if the world only has 2 true believers when it is over then that is fine with them. They will have gone to heaven and been given their 70 Virgins in return for dying in Jihad.
You can call me a NeoCon, you can call me a Liberal but this is a FACT.
Al Queda wants Anarchy. The destruction of the world's economy, and the destruction of government as a whole.
This would make them the only hope left.
Like Hitler sold his bill of goods to Good German People .. Ossama Bin Laden is selling his bill of goods to the Islamic world.
It has begun to get old and stale to non fundamentalists.
Sunni's are banding together to toss out Al Queda.
Shi Ites are starting to do the same.
(Of course I am depending on what the President said and not the media here)
WE CAN WIN.. We can do it quickly and with fewer deaths.. but the MEDIA has to convince the people. The "Hearts and Minds" of America must be in this. We need to donate money and material to help Iraq become a free nation. We must rebuild it with the same fervor that we donated money after the Tsuanami.
A Rebuilt Iraq, in the center of the Arab world would become an Economic Steam Engine. Attracting business, investment, and other Arabs looking for a better life.
We can do this.. but the media must do a 180 and help.
We know this will not happen and in the end, if Mr. Bush Caves in to the polls and the traitors among us we will have anarchy in our time.
The major networks and news media have said from the beginning that this war against this dictator was not worth the price of American lives..
What does Ossama Bin Laden Preach? That Americans will not sacrifice life for principal. We will when confronted with death and destruction run.
To that end the Press in this country is aiding and abetting Ossama Bin Laden.
Shame on all media for NOT reporting all aspects of the war.
Do you really believe that in 30 minutes you can get all the news good and bad from Bagdad on the Nightly News .. and don't forget they have to do the sports and weather too. The Truth is Al Queda wants YOU and I DEAD..... and they will try to achieve it through any means necessary.
Thats my take on things...
Jim Dicken
