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Originally posted by geep
So one man arrives at an opinion and we're supposed to believe him and not anyone else? Why should we choose to believe Gen. Clark? Or any media for that matter, left or right leaning. If 70% of America says "Who cares if we find WMDs" who exactly are we justifying what to? Are we just witch-hunting here, or just trying to win the next election? I personally don't rely on media outlets to make up my mind about an issue for me. Just put your shit out there and let me make up my own mind. I doubt the media is covering for GWB, however. The bigger sale would be in sensationalizing this to the max. Fairness and accuracy in reporting. Kind of like military intelligence isn't it?
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So pretty much just believe what we want to believe, then find media that supports that. Gotcha.
If 70% of America says "Who cares if we find WMDs" then we are in sad shape. If that's what we're going to do as a country, make up a reason to go to war and then dismiss the reason after the war is nominally over, I wish we could just stop all the bullshit and say we're going to war for whatever reason, like oil, or to help the Iraqi people, or revenge, or to help stabilize the region, or petty power struggles, or just the general will of the people. Hell, that's not a bad idea. Why not have a poll of the nation and decide if we want to go war and if so, on whom?