Deny First, Truth Later
A marketplace is Baghdad was the scene of the lastest strike on Iraq. As civilian casualties mount, Washington denies that the “coalition of the willing” had anything to do with it. But why stop there when you can push the blame on the Iraqis?
“given the behaviors of the regime lately, it may have been a deliberate attack inside of town”, Brig. General Vincent Brooks was quoted as saying.
A U.S. spokesperson summed it up: “we may never know” precisely what happened.
Well, a U.S. military spokesman said coalition aircraft had indeed attacked missiles and launchers in a residential area of Baghdad at around the time of the explosion. This was said without “directly admitting responsibility”.
Though this war is probably more thoroughly covered by the media than any previous war, I am still a little sceptical about the integrity of the news coverage. After all, don’t they always begin their reports with “a government official said…”?
CNN link via Crazywalker.
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We get Western media coverage, that's why. I am sure that the Iraqi state TV is saying exactly the opposite. Both sides are full of propaganda, and we are caught in the middle, not knowing exactly what's going on.
exactly
assuming the truth is never revealed
pro-war will choose to believe one thing
anti-war will choose to believe the other
often,
all we have are what we want to believe in.
( since we rarely get to know how things actually are )
and, all too often,
ppl talk like their beliefs are the way things actually are.
its sad
but the pro-war ppl feel as strongly about their views as the anti-war ppl, implying that neither would give way in terms of how they feel, nor want to acknowledge the other's point of view.
its just my-view against yours.
im right, u're wrong.
both sides trying to put the other down.
its hardly ever a discussion.
NO! YOU'RE ALL WRONG!! I'M THE ONLY ONE WHO IS RIGHT!!!
Just kidding. =)
~jy