You know this. Are you just making me dig up sources?
Their lips say "no" but their eyes say "yes yes."-g-
Difference between you and me is that you are thinking like an engineer - logically - and I am thinking like a lawyer - deviously.
I posted earlier a fairly lengthy story that ran in today's USAToday, Rummy is p'o'ed about leaks.
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Notice the dog that didn't bark. Nobody is denying the stories.
Here's another - Navy retracts denial.
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The story ran, the denial ran, and the retraction ran. Talk about getting maximum press on one story.
Why the leaks? Why now? The most devious reason, hence the most reliable (to me) is that we are ourselves orchestrating the leaks. The article suggests:
>>So far, no one at the Pentagon has been locked up for leaking to reporters, sparking a different kind of speculation: the possibility that the Bush administration is letting slip tantalizing but ultimately harmless bits of military information to confuse the enemy or win over skeptics.<<
My own opinion is that it's designed to win over skeptics, and it worked on me.
I am a fairly typical American. I don't like intervention, but when we do, I stand by our troops. During Viet Nam, I protested, but I wasn't one of the people screaming "baby killers." What made me angry was that our hands were tied and we weren't allowing our men to do what they needed to do in order to win.
If we're gonna do it, let's do it right, get it done, and get it over with. Whatever it takes. |
