Unreported History in Baghdad
Interesting commentary from Lt. Col. John Kanaley and posted in RealClearPolitics.com. I'm not surprised by the lack of attendance on the part of the Mainstream Media.
I'm reminded of a Vietnam anti-war question,
"What if they had a war and nobody came?"
In this case, "What if they won a war and nobody came?"
February 13, 2006
Unreported History in Baghdad
By Lieutenant Colonel John M. Kanaley
The silence was deafening and the seats were empty. The western press was nowhere to be found. The location was Baghdad and the event was a February 10th, 2006 press conference announcing the final verification of December's election results. Although the final allocation of parliamentary seats did not change from last month's tentative reports, the conference was nonetheless significant for American and Iraqi history. What was equally significant was the absence of members of the western press.
If the pre-release of the topics to be discussed included reports of widespread voter fraud, complaints by detained terrorists of maltreatment, or a sudden clamoring for the return of the deadly former dictator, certainly, the major news networks and the print media would have found time to attend. Of course, their reports would have consisted of their own perceived failure of western style elections in a part of the world that they deem to be unprepared for democracy. Since they were unable to report a "disastrous" event of this war, apparently, their budgets did not allow for attendance in Baghdad.
The Rest of the Story
"What if they had a war and nobody came?"
In this case, "What if they won a war and nobody came?"
February 13, 2006
Unreported History in Baghdad
By Lieutenant Colonel John M. Kanaley
The silence was deafening and the seats were empty. The western press was nowhere to be found. The location was Baghdad and the event was a February 10th, 2006 press conference announcing the final verification of December's election results. Although the final allocation of parliamentary seats did not change from last month's tentative reports, the conference was nonetheless significant for American and Iraqi history. What was equally significant was the absence of members of the western press.
If the pre-release of the topics to be discussed included reports of widespread voter fraud, complaints by detained terrorists of maltreatment, or a sudden clamoring for the return of the deadly former dictator, certainly, the major news networks and the print media would have found time to attend. Of course, their reports would have consisted of their own perceived failure of western style elections in a part of the world that they deem to be unprepared for democracy. Since they were unable to report a "disastrous" event of this war, apparently, their budgets did not allow for attendance in Baghdad.
The Rest of the Story
posted by Griz at 1:08 PM
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