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To: Nadine Carroll who wrote (92461)	4/11/2003 6:40:38 PM
From: LindyBill	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 281500

Diplomats, journalists and people working for humanitarian organizations are forced to do business with despicable regimes. And I think it is time this ceased, Nadine. If these groups would leave a country when it is this bad, and announce to the world why, the regime would fall. If it did not fall, there would be less trouble getting support for changing it.

To: Nadine Carroll who wrote (92461)	4/11/2003 8:57:08 PM
From: greenspirit	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 281500

Hi Nadine, I can understand that point of view and you've expressed it well. The problem I have, with CNN in particular, is they all too often painted the diplomatic efforts of the U.S. and Hussein's regime as being on an equal footing. If they knew about the tortures, the evil, and the rest, they could have been far less of a propaganda mouthpiece for the regime. "The U.S. administration says ------" "The Iraqi minister of information disputes the claim and says -------" That kind of reporting, all too often painted both nations as being on an equal moral footing, when the truth was far from it. There are ways CNN could have chosen which would have placed a foggy cloud over the claims of Baghdad. The fact that they chose not to utilize them says more about CNN's professionalism, and unbiased honest reporting, then does anything to date thus far. One more note, Peter Arnett's aspirin factory report during the first Gulf War. What did he know, and how much has he chosen to distort in various reports over the years? I remember a few months ago when I posted articles about claims of atrocities Hussein had inflicted on his people. I also remember the skepticism and outright disbelief by many who were against this war. Had CNN possessed the guts to go on the record and report the truth, perhaps the skeptics would have had their eyes opened long ago. We are now beginning to see the atrocities were far worse than imagined, as the Iraqi people celebrate throughout the land the overthrow of Saddam. I also wonder if the Pope will go on the record and say this was a just and moral war now? And thank America for saving millions from torture, slavery and barbarism?