15 Mart 2005 Salı

Newspeak

I feel like I'm on stupid pills everytime I see reporting like this.

First, the media does everything in its power to remind the American public that the administration was OBVIOUSLY lying to us on purpose since there hasn't even been a scrap of a weapon's program found. Experts were trotted out to tell us how stupid we were to believe there were weapons (even though everyone else in the world aggreed with us until we decided to do something about it.)

But now, the press continues to harp on how the allied force neglected to perform their duties and protect sites that held materials used to build NUCLEAR and BIOLOGICAL weapons. If the administration really did such a horrible job protecting these sites, what does it matter? According to the press, there were NO NUCLEAR OR BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS THERE ANYWAY. If there were no NUCLEAR or BIOLOGICAL resources at the raided facilities, then why is the press up in arms over the fact that harmless (and apparently empty) bunkers were raided?

One week, the NYT reports that the administration lied for claiming there were technologies to create NUCLEAR or BIOLOGICAL weapons in Iraq. The next week, they bemoan the fact that soldiers didn't stop vandals from taking NUCLEAR and BIOLOGICAL weapons making technology and materials used in the construction of said weapons.

Am I the only one who sees more than a tiny bit of a problem with this?

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