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Old 21-03-03, 02:17
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Default Persian Gulf II

Hello

Walter Cronkite said it best. He fears this excursion into Iraq by the US is a precident that will only encourage every country with a border dispute or internal religious to use force to get its way.

For example, a country with an 'X' religious majority may say it's neighbouring country is oppressing members of the same 'x' religion and they must invade to liberate them.

The worst part is, everything is distorted or falsified through the media. CNN and Fox News have close enough to the Pentagons side they're p*ssing OD. The military are going to tell them only what they want to and they'll repeat it as gospel. That 'embedding' of journalists in military units will be a costly farce. Any military commmander will squash any media reports that reflect badly on his troops. The major nets all want to have personnel 'on the ground in Iraq ' when any soldier can tell you getting closer to the battle means you see less of the big picture. It's all machismo posturing of the worst kind. "Our anchor is closer to the battle than your anchor, so we rule and you suck'.

When something happens, tell us. If not, save the endless hours of speculation and put the Simpsons back on.

Oh, my achin' back.

Steve
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