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To: Alastair McIntosh who wrote (92188)12/24/2004 2:39:12 PM
From: Sig  Respond to of 793708
 
<<<That is a strange point of view. What more useful purpose has anyone in Iraq than a free and independent press? Who will serve as a watchdog on your government? Is not the basis of democracy an informed population?>>>

You are correct.
But I think it would be be appropriate for the media to talk about their own casualties now and then in the same way they view those of the military. You know, poor planning, lack of armor, Rumsfelds fault.


Sig