Blind faith and ...
“I'm not a politician and the decisions aren't mine to make, but I think oftentimes our commander in chief has a much broader view of things than your average Joe who is for or against the war.” — US Marine chaplain Josh Junge, quoted by Illinois' Pioneer Press Online, September 29.
Broad vision
“I am sure many of you stayed up to watch the vice-presidential debate last night. America saw two very different visions of our country, and two different hairdos.” — Emperor George Bush II, October 6.
The war on negative perceptions
“The Bush administration, battling negative perceptions of the Iraq war, is sending Iraqi Americans to deliver what the Pentagon calls ‘good news' about Iraq to US military bases, and has curtailed distribution of reports showing increasing violence in that country... USAID said this week that it will restrict distribution of reports by contractor Kroll Security International showing that the number of daily attacks by insurgents in Iraq has increased.” — Washington Post, September 30.
Land of the free
“In one sign that the administration and the military are working harder to keep a lid on negative stories, Salon.com reports that an Army Reserve staff sargent from Texas, with 20 years experience who is now serving in Iraq, may face up to 20 years in prison for ‘disloyalty and insubordination'. The reason? He wrote an article criticizing the occupation of Iraq on an anti-war website, LewRockwell.com. The article contained no classified information. In his commentary, Sgt. Al Lorentz offered a ‘bleak assessment' of the situation.” — Christian Science Monitor, September 30.
From Green Left Weekly, October 20, 2004.
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