Friday, August 24, 2007

Right wing games ultimately have a huge cost

"My station was intimidated by the administration and its foot soldiers at FOX News."

That is CNN's Christiane Amanpour explaining why the major television networks failed to properly scrutinize the Bush administration's claims before the Iraq war. Instead, they joined FOX in broadcasting the Bush administration's pro-war talking points without a response.

"Amanpour: CNN practiced self-censorship" USA Today, September 14, 2003



For those who only get their "news" from FOX Noise, Christiane Amanpour is one of the most respected journalists on planet earth. If you listen to FOX, you wouldn't know that.

The current fear is that the Bush administration, with the help of FOX Noise, is fomenting another war, this time with Iran. History has proved these people wrong from the beginning.

They told us there were weapons of mass destruction in Iraq. There weren't.

They told us al Qaeda and Saddam were in league. They weren't. Al Qaeda didn't have a foothold in Iraq until we created the circumstances that allow that to happen.

They told us we'd be greeted as liberators. We weren't

They told us that Iraqi oil would pay for the war. It hasn't? You and your children and your children's children will be paying the bill for this adventure for some time to come.

We were told it would be a piece of cake. It hasn't been.

We were told the troops would be provided with everything they needed. They haven't been.

We were told that we had sufficient troops to win the war. The fact of the matter is, we have just enough boots on the ground to loose the peace?

How can you trust these people? Law of Averages? They have been wrong about everything so far. You figure they gotta get something right eventually and this might be it?

You can do something about it.

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