[Am-info] Fwd: Letter from an Army Chaplain in Iraq

[Hans Reiser]

John Angelico wrote:

>
> NBC's coverage this morning (your Thursday evening, 
>16 September 2004) is a prime example that I believe shows the gulf that 
>exists between the truth of what is happening here and the deceitful 
>agenda of the mainstream media at home and abroad.
>  
>
This reminds me of my father telling me that the Tet offensive was in 
reality a military disaster for the North, with massive losses for them 
and few losses for us, but the media never conveyed that in its coverage.

I believe the claim of military bias.  You just have to look at the body 
count, that the media tries to describe as though it is something other 
than incredibly light for a war between countries. 

At the same time, I also believe the failure to hold elections within 3 
weeks of the fall of Baghdad, and accept the victory of those we don't 
like, as we could have done, cost us the support of the Iraqi people.  
Maybe 3 years after elections we will get it back, maybe not, too early 
to say.  I'll vote for Kerry, I don't want America to be thought of as 
having the government that tortures less than Sadaam, that is not 
acceptable to me.