To: hmaly who wrote (156763 ) 12/26/2002 11:56:09 AM From: tejek Read Replies (1) | Respond to As the representative of the second party, Vance chose to make political hay and misconstrue her comments but most people saw through his maneuvering. If we give so much aid, then the question I think we need to ask ourselves is why is all this aid not getting us the goodwill we so very much need. In fact, in her retraction, she did say the US was starting to put money into broadcasting or telling our side. Another one of GW great ideas I believe. That's the point Ms. Murray was trying to make. Winning the war on terrorism will take more than just military might to win. She was trying to say the war could be won with just good deeds alone. Which is false, as the Taliban gov, OBL and the clerics controlled the media in Afghanistan, just as Saddam controls the media in Iraq. That is why we weren't getting our message out in Afghanistan, and won't in Iraq; and she apparently wasn't bright enough to understand that.
