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January 28, 2003
Daniel Ellsberg on The Media and Iraq
Daniel Ellsberg comments on Iraq Coverage:"Do editors and publishers feel, individually, that they understand the reasons we are going to war, and the consequences? And if they are basing their own understanding on what is being put out by the government, then they, and their readers, don't understand it very well at all. I suggest that, just as in Vietnam, when the bombs start dropping, the American public will be entering this war with a very limited understanding of why we are at war and what the consequences will be in both the short and long terms."Thirty years later, Americans are still asking why we went to war in Vietnam and stayed at war. Of course, the American presidents gave answers at that time -- and we are still looking for better answers."
Comments
Thanks Daniel for your courage during the Vietnam conflict. You and other resistors probably helped saved me from entering the conflict. Your advice about Iraq will probably prove to be true too. Thirty years later we probably want even remember what a weapon of mass destruction looks like.
Thanks again.
Posted by: Benjamin Pettie at March 9, 2003 10:30 PM
THANKS FOR THE COURAGE TO STAND UP FOR THE RIGHT OF AMERICAN PEOPLE,YOU ARE PROBABLY RIGHT ON IRAQ,BUT WHAT DO WE COMMON CITIZNES KNOW,I FOUGHT IN VEIETNAM AND ALMOST HALF THE GUYS DIDNT KNOW WHAT THE WAR WAS ABOUT,KEEP WRITING A FELLOW ADMIRER
Posted by: ernest morales`` at March 16, 2003 1:00 PM