Meanwhile, BACK IN IRAQ...press cut off from military. [View All]

[Capn Sunshine]

From Le Monde comes an article on the poor morale our boys are suffering from....meanwhile, chimp is on ANOTHER VACATION. The unmitigated ASSHOLEISHNESS OF THIS MAN KNOWS NO BOUNDS
MEDIA DAMAGE
>
> "I've decided to let the soldiers breathe a little
> as far as their
> relations with the press are concerned, to take the
> pressure off them,"
> declares Captain James Brownlee to Le Monde, 24th
> July. Brownlee is a
> public relations officer with the second brigade of
> the 3rd division,
> based at the entrance to Falluja. "There's too much
> external
> interference in the base," he explains. Subtext :
> too many journalists
> are listening to too many soldiers expressing
> frustration.
>
> But Captain Brownlee won't admit that of course.
> "The press is not
> allowed to speak to the soldiers until further
> notice. That's it. Don't
> forget we're in a place where our men could get
> killed any day!" In the
> United States, the first amendment to the
> constitution doesn't permit
> the press being denied access to the military in
> this way. But there's
> more than one way of justifying such a ban for
> operational reasons.
> Obviously, the American military command has decided
> to limit the media
> damage.

http://www.occupationwatch.org/article.php?id=306