[Einigkeit_Recht_Freiheit]

war effort

Sorry, but this is operative issue. There is currently no war effort outside of the US military. WWII was completely different and the comparison was absurd.

It seems there are a lot of Freepers around trying to make this issue about the media and not about the incident. It might make you feel better, but it isn't going to change anything. The reality is that, indeed, these things happen in war. Civilian deaths happen in war. War crimes happen in war.

The incident needs to be fully vetted. The men accused are innocent until proven guilty, but the issue is the one at hand and not the media.

If you are a conservative who prides him/herself on calling things like they are, you will certainly recognize that this article is just a load of crap that is attempting to change the subject and does so with an incredibly lousy analogy.

[Oklahoma]

Why can't we discuss more than one subject at a time? Treasonous media behavior may be more important than the alleged actions of a few military personnel.

[Congressman Billybob]

I have not in the least suggested that possible violations of the Uniform Code of Military Justice should not be investigated. Of course they should. St. Lo was thoroughly investigated. Haditha is being thoroughly investigated.

The chips should fall where they may if any violations are proved in a Court Martial.

But that's not the subject of this article. This one is about the different rules for the NY Times now, than they followed of their own accord during WW II. We need a general "war effort," not one that is confined "to the military."

That is part of the problem, that the press doesn't report as if we were at war. Begin with that fundamental error, and it follows they will commit repeated lesser errors that get Americans (and others) killed.

This has nothing to do with "feeling better." It has everything to do with how the press is undermining our war effort. Read with greater care.

John / Billybob