tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10820485.post116541724457213051..comments2023-11-03T09:36:22.100-04:00Comments on In From the Cold: The Divide GrowsGeorge Smileyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07049707648660651119noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10820485.post-1165420755057633902006-12-06T10:59:00.000-05:002006-12-06T10:59:00.000-05:00Hi -And the sad thing is that when the backlash co...Hi -<BR/><BR/>And the sad thing is that when the backlash comes - and it will, when this generation of troops leaves the military and some of them enter politics - the press (in the broadest sense of that word) will have only itself to blame.<BR/><BR/>It's not so much the ignorance and stupidity of the press, but much much more the willfull ignorance and deliberate stupidity.<BR/><BR/>And that's a shame: when the press fails, it diminishes us all. <BR/><BR/><BR/>But then again, that may well be the whole point.<BR/><BR/>JohnFJohn F. Opiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00445399643146235960noreply@blogger.com