Friday, April 11, 2003

CNN -- The News We Kept to Ourselves


NY Times -- Over the last dozen years I made 13 trips to Baghdad to lobby the government to keep CNN's Baghdad bureau open and to arrange interviews with Iraqi leaders. Each time I visited, I became more distressed by what I saw and heard — awful things that could not be reported because doing so would have jeopardized the lives of Iraqis, particularly those on our Baghdad staff.

There follows a collection of horror stories. Nearly everyone knew that Saddam was monstously evil, the question was the means of removing him. I feel misguided Bush failed that task.

The NY Times also has the newest Krugman about the pattern of Conquest and Neglect this administration has. Remember Afghanistan and the first huge tax cut?

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