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To: Ilaine who wrote (42315)	5/5/2004 2:26:34 PM
From: Sully-	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 793838

I understand your analogy, but I do not agree it is an appropriate one. First, in the span of one week there has been considerably more mainstream media coverage of the prisoner abuse story than the sum total of all the good things we have done in Iraq in more than a year. While I agree that this one bad deed should receive wide coverage, the disparity is seriously disproportionate. That is not only wrong, it is harmful in the misperceptions it creates. Second, this bad deed will be appropriately punished. It will be done openly & there will be changes/imporvements to make it less likely to be repeated. Besides, if one bad deed done by the worlds only superpower "wipes out a lifetime of good", then there is absolutely no reason to attempt to do any good anywhere. Inevitably, a large government sponsored attempt to to good (or protect its security interests), it is going to result in any number of real & perceived bad deeds. If we simply shrug our collective shoulders & continue to allow the occasional bad deed to be grossly magnified out of proportion to the real overall good that is accomplished, we will put ourselves in a tenuous position. The WOT is going to be a long haul. It absolutely must be won. We already have widespread opposition from the left here & abroad. We have a liberal media here, in Europe & the ME that is an active participant against the Bush Admin. Most of it actively opposes his actions in the WOT & wants a return to the utterly failed policies in place prior to 9/11. And they are not being objective or honest in what they report to the public day after day. The WOT is not going to be won if public support for it is allowed to be manipulated, hyped & distorted by the anti- war left & a majority of media outlets 24/7. We need to bring a sense of balance & objectivity to both the good & the bad or we are going to pay a much higher price in blood & treasure before the WOT is over. JMHO