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Politics : PRESIDENT GEORGE W. BUSH -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: jan_vandermeer who wrote (385010)	4/3/2003 1:40:02 PM
From: jan_vandermeer	Respond to of 769667

NY Times buries their inacurrate quote in Corrections column. New York Times April 3, 2002 ____________________________________________________________ Corrections: A front-page article on Tuesday about criticism voiced by American military officers in Iraq over war plans omitted two words from an earlier comment by Lt. Gen. William S. Wallace, commander of V Corps. General Wallace had said: "The enemy we're fighting is A BIT different from the one we war-gamed against." ____________________________________________________________ . . . ."That quote from William Wallace was used as the news peg for dozens of "quagmire" stories and editorials. Senior officials and commanders had to swat down and respond to those stories for days. The White House, Pentagon and CentCom briefings were marked by one-hostile question after another, based upon a feeding frenzy launched by that specific, inaccurate, quote. In turn, the domestic chatter translated into a propaganda problem overseas as it became conventional wisdom that America was getting bogged down due to the "surprising" and "heroic resistance" of the Iraqis. I'm not saying this story wouldn't have developed if Wallace had been quoted properly, but there's no disputing the quote pushed the "quagmire" to critical mass. This kind of thing matters." Johnathan Goldberg