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You are right! There is NO reason we need to know what happened there. If the military tells us what we need to know, that's good enough for me, and it should be good enough for any True American! No need for reporters to be in over there at all, they should stick to reporting cats in trees in their hometowns.

I'm trying to remember the name for the technique you used here from a 6th grade lecture on propaganda,help me out here.

clamboat said: "You are right! There is NO reason we need to know what happened there. If the military tells us what we need to know, that's good enough for me, and it should be good enough for any True American! No need for reporters to be in over there at all, they should stick to reporting cats in trees in their hometowns."

When our nation is truly at war, evidenced by a Declaration of War passed by Congress, everyone can recognize that the nation's survival is at stake. It is reasonable under such circumstances to experience a curtailment of our liberties consistent with national survival. At such times, we are relying on the Congress to protect our future freedom.

In the present case, with no Declaration of War, I can understand the confusion with regard to curtailment of freedom and the uncertainty about when our freedoms will be returned.

The reporter's problem is that he is unable to recognize that there is any such distinction. He wishes the freedom of the press to be absolute. During war, it is not. If he had spent his time better before the present situation, he would have educated his readers to the subtleties of the Constitution. He would have suggested that freedom of the press should not be curtailed except during a legally declared war. ( He might also have suggested that my right to keep and bear arms should not be curtailed except during a declared war. )

I have little sympathy for the reporter. I don't expect that he will learn from the experience.

I did perform guard duty while in the service. The reporter would be dead if he had challenged the military guard. The guard would have had little trouble deciding that his standing orders were lawful. He would have fired.

This is just another reason why I won't fly until sanity returns to our airports. The National Guard at our airports will fire if they believe that they are acting under lawful orders when they do so. It is a very dangerous situation for us all. Some of the deaths at Kent State years ago were people far from the demonstration who just happened to be in the line of fire.

Clamboat -

Let me see, the military on one side , the press on the other, who do I trust? Such a hard question / not

If the military tells us what we need to know, that's good enough for me, and it should be good enough for any True American!

people like you are real funny. good thing you're not in charge of the True American seal of approvals.

I see no reason at all, to even have a press that is independent of the govt. They are liberal anyway, and the govt will tell us what we need to know.