Talking Points Memo: by Joshua Micah Marshall November 21, 2005 01:31 PM
Hello Dr. Marshall,
Very good points made in your post here. I am going to take some time to write about my thoughts on this post in my blog so I thought I might as well share them with you now too, for what it is worth.
Before the war I remember my heart dropping late one night while I was watching George Bush make threatening, fearful statements about Iraq, thinking that there was no doubt in his mind and thus no doubt in mine: we were going to war with Iraq. This was probably 6-8 months before the start of shock and awe. I hate that our media allowed him to be so certain without an ounce of doubt then and only now has begun to question things. They are acting like the 40 year olds that bought their first Red Sox jersey last year: disgusting front runners. There is always doubt among intelligence agencies and intelligence – why did they not question the fact that implicitly and explicitly the case was made and Iraq was tried and convicted so stunningly quick and assuredly?
But they allow and encourage this in so many respects do they not? You are either a liberal or a conservative. Things are either good or evil. Black or white. There is no grey and honest discussion in our media outlets these days. It is about themes and framing things in certain ways and it is about time it stopped.
I think you are part of a great trend to encourage this change – please keep up the good work.
Hello Dr. Marshall,
Very good points made in your post here. I am going to take some time to write about my thoughts on this post in my blog so I thought I might as well share them with you now too, for what it is worth.
Before the war I remember my heart dropping late one night while I was watching George Bush make threatening, fearful statements about Iraq, thinking that there was no doubt in his mind and thus no doubt in mine: we were going to war with Iraq. This was probably 6-8 months before the start of shock and awe. I hate that our media allowed him to be so certain without an ounce of doubt then and only now has begun to question things. They are acting like the 40 year olds that bought their first Red Sox jersey last year: disgusting front runners. There is always doubt among intelligence agencies and intelligence – why did they not question the fact that implicitly and explicitly the case was made and Iraq was tried and convicted so stunningly quick and assuredly?
But they allow and encourage this in so many respects do they not? You are either a liberal or a conservative. Things are either good or evil. Black or white. There is no grey and honest discussion in our media outlets these days. It is about themes and framing things in certain ways and it is about time it stopped.
I think you are part of a great trend to encourage this change – please keep up the good work.
