Reply #31: Not to mention [View All]

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the insanity of saying that Saddam was hiding WMDs in his palaces - that's why he was refusing to let the inspectors in them - and then bombing them. I could never figure that one out. If there were WMDs or materials to make them in the palaces, why were we bombing them? Wouldn't bombing these materials cause them to be dispersed in the air and creating the same effect as if it was set off intentionally? And, if it was nuclear materials, wouldn't bombing these materials endanger our soldiers and others on the ground?

And, where was the press? Why weren't they connecting the dots and becoming skeptical themselves? One of the reasons that the press is liking what Scotty is saying is because it lets them off the hook too. Now they can whine that they were also mislead rather than to address their lack of actual reporting or investigating. They've, once again, proven that they are little more than shills. They don't report, they repeat. They repeat talking points that they think will increase their ratings. They want ratings so they can sell commercials slots and increase their profitability. The DC press likes to set the meta-narrative for public opinion and they do it at the expense of actually doing any investigation. They want to be the makers and breakers. If the media likes you, you get a break. Look at what they did for McCain in 2000.

Which reminds me of another problem I've had with the press and their "reporting" skills. After 9/11, how come the American public or the majority of the press didn't know who Osama bin Laden was? Because back in 1998, when the Clinton administration tried to kill Osama, the press didn't care who OBL was because they were too busy following their "Wag the Dog" meme for their amusement. They gave the GOP leaders time on television to repeat the "Wag the Dog" crapola instead of actively informing the public about the threat to national security (the reason Clinton gave them for approving the bombing). The press spent their time continuing their sex stories rather than asking the usual questions (who? what? where? why? and, "Are national security threats something that we should be telling the American public about?")

Finally, K&R because I like polls.