i scribbled yet another LTTE

[WolverineDG]

here's a LTTE i wrote this morning in response to a rapid response alert on a washington post article in which the reporters noted there was no correlation between the # of dead in Iraq & the decline of support for Pres. Bush. i put the rapid response alert on the bottom of this message in case you are inclined to do the same. :)

dg


Dear Editor,

In the article by Mr. Harris & Mr. Ricks, they mention that there does not appear to be a direct correlation between decline in support of Pres. Bush's stance on the war in Iraq and the number of casualties. I, for one, am not surprised by this. We live in the age where it is now considered unpatriotic to show the flag-draped coffins of soldiers who have lost their lives in Iraq. It is unpatriotic for Nightline to show the photos and read the names of the men & women who have died. It is unpatriotic to hold candle light vigils remembering those who have died & honoring those who are still serving in Iraq. It is unpatriotic & borderline treasonous to dare to question the justifications given for putting our men & women in the line of fire, and even more so to report that those justifications were not only intentionally misleading, but known to be false by an Administration hell-bent to go to war to secure Iraqi oil & no-bid contracts in order to line the pockets of Bush Family cronies.

If you ask yourselves why this has happened, you need only look to the contributions the media has made by sitting idly by, not doing its duty to conduct its own investigations into the ever-changing justifications for the war, and ignoring evidence and opinions offered by those in opposition to the policies of Pres. Bush. Instead, the media has left it up to users of the Internet to do its heavy lifting. Much of what is being reported in the media now has already been discussed, researched, and vetted on various credible websites for months & even years, with the majority of the work done by ordinary Americans who don't have degrees in journalism.

Our Founding Fathers felt so strongly in the need for a free press to keep the government's feet to the fire that freedom of the press was placed in the First Amendment. It is the duty of the media to question authority. Because the media has failed in its responsibility to inform the American public of the truth that President Bush lied to us about the situation in Iraq, many Americans now believe that it is their patriotic duty to ignore the dead, belittle the sacrifices made by the men & women of our armed forces, and harass and threaten those who have the courage to take time to honor them.


action alert:


Date: Fri, 10 Sep 2004 11:55:35 -0400
From:
Subject: ACTION OF THE DAY: DILUGE THE WASHINGTON POST WITH LETTERS!

Dear Folks,
Today, all of us MUST DILUGE the Washington Post with letters to their
editor at [e-mail] telling them that these deaths do mean
something and it is not a right vs. left argument. These deaths of both
our soldiers and the innocent Iraqis Bush systematically murdered
transcend politics. All of you know what to write, I do not even have
to suggest to any of you what to write. All I suggest is that you write
it from the heart where basically the message is, "Bush LIED and tens of
thousands DIED!"
Get those letters written today, folks. Let Bush know through the
Washington Post that he killed real live human beings who are not just
statistics.
Mary!
Polls Suggest War Isn't Hurting Bush
Mounting Deaths in Iraq Have Not Resulted in Major Backlash in Public
Opinion
By John F. Harris and Thomas E. Ricks
Washington Post Staff Writers
Friday, September 10, 2004; Page A10
(Snip)
This spring, when mounting casualties and a prison scandal were causing
public support for President Bush's Iraq policies to plunge, his
campaign strategists were confidently predicting that Iraq problems
would present no major threat to his reelection once U.S. forces turned
over authority to an interim government in Baghdad.
In the months since, the evidence so far has proven that prediction more
right than wrong.
A steady procession of U.S. military deaths, which this week resulted in
the passage of the grim milestone of 1,000, has so far not caused an
obvious backlash in public opinion against Bush's handling of Iraq. This
support has steadily weakened over the past two years, but not in ways
that suggest a direct correlation between casualties and political
support.


http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A9968-2004Sep9.html

[nadinbrzezinski]

1. here is my letter, thanks for the heads up, heck I am part

of the team but rarely get alerts no more

***********


In the article by Mr. Harris & Mr. Ricks, they mention that there does not appear to be a direct correlation between decline in support of Pres. Bush's stance on the war in Iraq and the number of casualties I for one would like to disagree. My husband retired recently from the USN, and as a former military Wife I can tell you that their sacrifices are often ignored by the media, in order to prop up the President.

When will we see the Media fight the Department of Defense to get access to Dover AFB? When did honoring the Fallen in flag draped caskets become akin to treason? It is time for the US Press to grow a spine and start showing us the consequences of war, and to honor the Fallen.

Yes, I know the business you all collectively have in front of a Republican Congress. When will you put your journalistic duty, as guaranteed to you by the Founding Fathers, ahead of your political interests?

Sincerely,

***************
Wife Navy Vet

[WolverineDG]

2. wooo-HOOO

you go girl!!!

:yourock: :toast:

dg