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Tuesday, March 11, 2008 12:00 AM

How the press failed on Iraq

A hard look back at the past five years -- with all its death and destruction and missteps -- reveals that the American media has been sleepwalking through the war.

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  • Tuesday, March 11, 2008 11:24 AM

    There were a few places that bucked the trend

    In the run up to the war there was an article in Harper's magazine that I photocopied and gave to everyone I could. It was from a correspondent on the ground who went into great detail about the sorry ass Iraqi army that could not even equip it's troops with combat boots and rifles... most were wearing worn out tennis shoes. Had more of the MSM bothered to put some boots on the ground before the war it would have been apparent that it was a ghost regime we were fixin' to fight. Even "Who Knew" Hillary might have received enough news by osmosis that she would have had no problem voting against the authorisation.

    John in Florida

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