Dereliction of Duty Regarding Iraq - By Scott Ritter

[CHIMO]

In the months that have passed since Iraq's much-hyped democratic elections, one word keeps creeping into my mind as I assess the tragic events unfolding in Mesopotamia today: Vietnam.

The American press and punditry, intimidated and compensated into slavishly reporting on Iraq solely along lines that will not overly alienate them from the powers that be inside the administration of George W Bush, have long ago foregone drawing comparisons between the ongoing conflict in Iraq and the one America lost in Southeast Asia some three decades in the past.

The lack of a basis for direct comparison makes accomplishing the denigration of any such correlation between conflicts all-too-easy for the uninformed consumer of what passes for "news" in America today: the terrain is different, the scale of violence is different, the Cold War is over, and, of course, everything changed after 9/11.

Go tell it to the marines, General Meyers. You might be surprised by the answer you get.

http://english.aljazeera.net/NR/exeres/B8AE8165-C87C-41A9-A2C8-D23EA944F6CC.htm

[The Crazy Canadian]

1. Thanks, good read.

The corporate media will never cover stories like that.