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Yes..truth is adjustable, and changes depending on the internet site one visits.
One comedian said something I thought relevant: "Sure, the press talks about the number of cars that explode in Iraq. Why wouldn't they? There's no news in the cars that don't explode!" (close to actual quote, not perfect but you get the idea).
The Press has always been that way. "If it bleeds, it leads". The press dumped all over Whitewater, the Lewinsky debacle and every president and administration has seen the wrath of the press from time to time (Trumans vs. MacArthur for instance). It just happens that the press has found something that sells papers and advertising air time. The problem is that it is so difficult to tell what is the truth; it changes from observer to observer. I would think that most folks currently serving in the ME could give a rats a$$ about what the press says, and a few will always be ready to give a juicy quote to anyone who will listen.
Some of the accusations listed in the article I have not heard about. Desertions? Where? Who? The loose lips? Whose? Someone over there selling us out? Certainly average folks over here can't have any effect on intelligence?
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Bob S. former owner of a 1984 silver 944
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