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Originally Posted by powerclown
Why announce this after 2 years of bloody warfare, after thousands from both sides have died? Why say this just as the wheels of progress are beginning to turn? Why does this need to be hammered home now, 3 weeks before elections, and in light of the massive reconstruction effort in the country?? So, Iraq will now possibly go ahead and be rebuilt, but only in spite of the reasons for rebuilding it? Maybe nothing positive deserves to happen in Iraq, the way this has been handled by the media, with it's Abu Ghraib's and it's killings of unarmed 'insurgents' in warzones.
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Do you have so much faith in the U.S. gov't, in regards to competence and integrity, that you feel the need to consistently argue against the freedom of the press?
Abu Ghraib is
not the fault of the press. Killing of unarmed people in Iraq by the U.S. is
not the fault of the press.
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Isn't it a moot irrelevance at this point?
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Most certainly not. The relevance is that the people that promoted the war based on the WMD aspect (and that would be everyone who promoted the war) are officially incorrect. This is knowledge that should (but won't) be used in future decision making. For example, the neo-con's in the White House should no longer be trusted to make good judgements. You should not trust them, I certainly do not trust them. This is the relevancy of this information. The relevancy of this information has little or nothing to do with whether the U.S. should cut and run, it is strictly related to adding information to yours and my stock which can be used to judge the people who have been providing us with "information" and making decisions for 3+ years.