[walford]

This reminds me of a Larry King show [when it was a call-in radio progarm -- yes this was a long time ago -- OK late '83].

Mr. Zeiger [er Mr. King] and another 'journalist' were lamenting how the press wasn't given advance notice of the Grenada invasion.

Imagine their horror when caller after caller said in essence if not in form:

"You're d*mn right they didn't tell you slimeballs. You would have leaked it and 10,000 Cubans would have been waiting for our troops. They would have used the weapons that were stockpiled there [outnumbering the domestic pop 10:1] to kill our boys!"

What King et al were really lamenting was a successful operation, minimal loss of life and Americans kissing the ground when they got home.

Occasionally the Silent Majority roars.

[HapaxLegamenon]

Good post.