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Originally posted by DZHBrown
I would think that intelligent people around the world already know that not all of America agrees with the war. That's a given. And the President has to do what's right, not what's popular. If he wanted to do something with a political agenda, he wouldn't have ever gone to war.
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But why would you assume that intelligent people would know that? The majority of Americans I've seen have been insulting the French like crazy, despite the fact that it was their LEADER'S decision not to go to war. There must be plenty of French who are pro-war, but do we hear anything about them? No. And therefore it's easy to see how, if there are no protests, the rest of the world might easily assume that all Americans are pro-war. If you were a French cameraman who came to America to film the American anti-war protests and didn't find any, and there was no mention of anyone being anti-war in the news -- how are people from outside of the country expected to know this if it's not shown?
I see plenty of people who assume that, because some of the Iraqis want to be "liberated," that all of them do. The article posted by AlphaGam1019 perfectly illustrates this point. I read an article where, as the bombs were falling, an Iraqi woman was injured, bleeding and screaming, and still as she was being carried away to get her injuries treated, she turned to the reporter and said, "I want to say this: Bush, listen carefully. We love Saddam, and we don't want your 'freedom.' Please, please stop bombing us and our children." So what's right? Do the Iraqis want to be "liberated"? Do they want things to stay as they are? Obviously there are those on both sides of the issue.
The media can find people to support their viewpoints, no matter which viewpoint they want to express. If they wanted to push the idea that the US should kill Saddam, destroy all the oil fields and then build a Disney theme park, they could probably find somebody to support that idea too.
I think there are far too many people who put far too much faith in the media.
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