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Originally Posted by Ustwo
I did not place sole blame for the failure on Vietnam on the press, they played their part, but you are correct in that it was a poor policy to start with.
When the left does the same to Iraq, it won't be the result of any one man, but the culmination of many.
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So you're blaming the liberal press in part for doing their job of reporting on the day-to-day cost of american lives in vietnam in pursuit of what you agree was a failed policy. What would you have preferred the press to do? How many more names would you have liked to see on the Wall in pursuit of a policy that had little likelihood of success?
The same applies to press coverage in Iraq. Would you prefer the press to ignore the virtual ethnic cleansing in many neighborhoods in Baghdad? The fleeing of millions of the Iraqi middle class to avoid the sectarian violence? The killing of civiilans by US troops and private security forces? The lack of basic resources like water and electricity for much of the country? The corruption of the new Iraqi government? The role of the Shiite militias in that government? The total lack of any progress in political reconciliation?
Should the role of the press in war time be restricted to supporting the policy of its government....right or wrong?