Friday, September 29, 2006
Tell it like it is
Nate MCullough, in his column (security leaks hurting us more than efforts in Iraq) made some good points and came across as a patriotic American
trying, as many do, to justify our presence in Iraq, while at the time expressing, as many do, a growing disenchantment with the veracity of either poilitical party. He specifically zeros in on the recent intellegence assessment that our continued occupation of Iraq could do us more harm than good, Nate contends that such revelations are harmful to our troop's morale and no doubt that is true. He lost me though when he
said, " I'm so glad these people were'nt in charge when we were fighting the Nazis". The difference is that nobody doubted why we were fighting the Nazis and nobody questioned our leadership's role in conducting that war.
There's no point in re-hashing the pros and cons of why we are in Iraq, but
we should not simply give a pass to those leaders we believe to have put us in harms way through subterfuge and false intelligence . That would also be a slap in the face to the men and women who are honorably serving in the trouble spots of the world. President Harry Truman had a sign on his desk that said, "The Buck Stops Here". The present administration constantly contends that it stops everywhere else BUT there.
I agree with Nate that there are times when too much information can be harmful, but at the same time too little information, resulting in cover- ups, can be disasterous.
George Morin
Auburn, Ga.
trying, as many do, to justify our presence in Iraq, while at the time expressing, as many do, a growing disenchantment with the veracity of either poilitical party. He specifically zeros in on the recent intellegence assessment that our continued occupation of Iraq could do us more harm than good, Nate contends that such revelations are harmful to our troop's morale and no doubt that is true. He lost me though when he
said, " I'm so glad these people were'nt in charge when we were fighting the Nazis". The difference is that nobody doubted why we were fighting the Nazis and nobody questioned our leadership's role in conducting that war.
There's no point in re-hashing the pros and cons of why we are in Iraq, but
we should not simply give a pass to those leaders we believe to have put us in harms way through subterfuge and false intelligence . That would also be a slap in the face to the men and women who are honorably serving in the trouble spots of the world. President Harry Truman had a sign on his desk that said, "The Buck Stops Here". The present administration constantly contends that it stops everywhere else BUT there.
I agree with Nate that there are times when too much information can be harmful, but at the same time too little information, resulting in cover- ups, can be disasterous.
George Morin
Auburn, Ga.
