Originally Posted at Tripod: Thursday, 30 October 2003
Iraq…
When will the press get it right and keep it right. Once again last night on several newscasts about Iraq they talked about those killed and wounded in the service of their country. The line has been crossed, they say, where the amount of casualties during the war has been surpassed by the casualties after the war.
In politics I expect politicians to be loose with the truth. With news agencies I need to know the facts. How else can you keep politicians “honest”? How can you address a situation correctly if the info is faulty?
The war in Iraq is not over. On the aircraft carrier president Bush said that the major combat phase was over. There are still objectives that need to be met before the war can be ended. Congress agreed to the war and its objectives. They are still not met.
It is bad enough that some democrats and others around the world muddy the waters by insisting or insinuating that the war is over and the US and other coalition forces should leave. It is worse that the guardians of the truth, the press, too often cannot get it right either.
If there is no truth… how will the people be set free: from tyranny, from terrorism, and every other ill that besets man.
So I cheer the truth and rage against the lies. When enough people stand for the truth – it will prevail. Then the captives will be set free. Amen.