Sorry, I am not trying to be contrary but, I don't really hold with that either. This is our media at work.Marconius wrote:
The problem, Horseman, is that the credibility of the Bush administration is tremendously low,
When the only thing that had happened during the Bush administration was a USN Submarine accidentally ramming and sinking a Japanese fishing boat,
they Wanted to blame him for that too.
They trash the Economy and Say " the Housing boom is Over" yet I had Three houses snatched out from under me when I was Offering Over the asking price.
Why was Bush 1 Hammered on the " Homeless Issue" every night in the News Yet it simply disappeared the Night clinton was elected?
Total Bias and agenda at work. Again something isn't cricket with our Media. They want the White House back at any cost.
Not so. Also..Marconius wrote:
whereas the Roosevelt and Truman presidencies were far more popular and credible.
Those Administrations were given a much wider area to maneuver. The media backed our fighting forces then. This ended with Vietnam.
Yes, he can, and should be allowed to in a War in my opinion. The suppressed information is self incriminating evidence? How do we know this for instance? Especially if it has been suppressed?Marconius wrote:
Bush can claim that anything is "sensitive to intelligence" and cover it up "for security purposes" even if it's all only self-incriminating evidence.
I don't understand this part.Marconius wrote:
I agree that we won't know soon. It's just that with the past history and current procedures of this administration, anything they try to cover up (especially outwardly and publicly as opposed to the internal covering during WWII;
I think they assume that we know our history and assume that we know certain things (information) will be suppressed in a War. I know I expect it.Marconius wrote:
as you said, we found out years later, whereas this administration is just telling us outright that they are censoring things they feel are "detrimental to their intelligence") is subject to extreme doubt and distrust.
Also in Past Wars the Media was on our side and actually aided the War effort. Now we have people like Peter Arnet who was later found to be on The KGB pay roll. Few past Presidents would ever stand up to the Scrutiny that today's presidents have.
I would give them the widest possibly discretion until the War is over. If a criminal Skates. So be it. Keep our people safe First. Win War. investigate later.
My opinion.