War Links
Three points on the war in
this article: Jordan's protection from Iraqi refugees, predictions of future foreign policy and how it could supposedly lead to Israeli-Palestinian Peace, and reports of Iraqis begging the U.S. to invade, including threatening to commit suicide if he didn't. But then, there are
other reports of Iraqis being quite suspicious and dismissive of Bush's motives, leading to my stunning theory that maybe, just maybe all the Iraqis don't have a unanimous opinion?
Iraq Body Count has a counter that tracks the minimum and maximum estimated number of Iraqi civilian casualties. Despite wide reports to the contrary,
no Scud missiles (nor any other WMD) have yet been launched or found. The American Serviceman who rolled grenades into command tents of the 101st Airborne is allegedly
Muslim - note how the article mentions a Scud launch, which is unsubstantiated.
GOP Donors invited to bid on Iraq Reconstruction contracts. Russia is quite open about their
oil-based concerns regarding the U.S. invasion. (And I wonder how the
Nigerian Oil Crisis impacts this whole thing?)
Britain is having a bad war. Finally, some American coverage on the
perception gap between American and European media coverage on the war. The conclusion is that it's because American media is "balanced". And for homework, research the meaning of the following two phrases: "
embedded journalism" and "
neoconservatives".
Posted by Curt at March 23, 2003 02:44 AM