MM&N Commentary
Many people think that the New York Times and CBS embodies the Eastern liberal media establishment. At best, this is a half truth. After all, it was the Times that was in the amen corner of Bush's march to war with Iraq with the now-discredited reporting of Judith Miller. CBS, also, has a long history of mindless flag waving support for the administration going back to the Viet Nam war. If there is any doubt, take a look at CBS' segment on "American heroes" -- a daily hymn to yet one more squandered American life. The dead they celebrate are Americans, but they are heroes only in the way that Frank Perdue's chickens are heroes. They surely aren't chickens by their bravery, but they are chickens by how our government treats them-- infinitely expendable. But even hens change their behavior when the pain is too great. As the coffins start coming back to small towns and farming communities in Nebraska and Iowa and elsewhere, you can be sure red state folks are going to start thinking about more than rain and the price of corn. And they'll do what they did to end our involvement in Viet Nam-- vote from office politicians unwilling to change our war policy.
Sure, let's indeed support our troops. But not the easy way by mindlessly backing Bush's war policy that has more in common with the failed pie-in-the-sky utopianism of Democratic presidents Woodrow Wilson and Lyndon Johnson. We can best support our troops by getting those brave men and women our of Iraq and home to their loved ones as soon as possible.
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