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American media no longer accept Bushs war lies
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American media no longer accept Bushs war lies
News | 11 Juni 2005 | 07:07:20
A strange phenomenon is occurring in national American papers, with many editors beginning to condemn the war in Iraq, when previously many of them "accepted" it.
Though the issue of the U.S. withdrawing has not been brought up by those in the media, the fact that they were lied to in the run up to the war has been rearing its ugly head - that is for President Bush.
Last week was Memorial Day in the U.S. and it seemed to bring out the anger in some editorial writers, who usually, especially during such a celebration, are afraid to say anything about a current conflict that might seem to slight the sacrifices of men and women, past and present. Maybe it was the steadily growing Iraqi and American death count, or the increasing examples of White House "disassembling" (to quote the president), or the horror stories emerging from Gitmo.
Or perhaps it´s a hidden trend that might have even more impact than the rest: the writing on the wall spelled out by plunging military recruitment rates. The latest figures only add to the sense that, overall, the Iraq war has made America far less safe in this world.
For whatever reason, it´s possible that more than a few editorial pages may finally be on the verge of saying "enough is enough." Perhaps they might even catch up with their readers, as the latest Gallup polls find that 57% feel the war is "not worth it," and nearly as many want the U.S. to start pulling out troops and not sending any more of them.
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[link to www.aljazeera.com]
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