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Originally Posted by emthree
IMO Half of the world, and the majority of America are either misinformed or not fed enough unbiased information due to absolute control of the media.
The media is where all Americans get their information from, and the media is where all Americans draw their rage from. Maybe more people would understand, if the media and news reports showed both ends and explained to Americans that not all resistance in Iraq is put forth by a terrorist.
Wouldn't you resist? for the sake of your family and friends? I know that I would.
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I wasted 30 minutes watching US TV tonight and listening to Lou Dobbs do his usual stuff on "protecting our borders", "attacks on the middle class" and "outsourcing to Asia and China and losing jobs in the US" blah...
Sure, he had plenty valid points, but I thought - this is only half a story and where is the other half??
Example.. outsourcing and the trade balance with China etc. If people want cheap product, the Walmart's of this world will not buy "expensive" product made in the US, but get this from Asia and help towards increasing unemployment within the US. The trade deficit will increase because of customer preference/choice.
If folks are willing to pay more and purchase product made in the US - this will increase US employment and reduce the trade deficit.
It is not simply a fact that some folks want butter on both sides of the bread and get cheap product and also sustain full employment? There is a choice - the world is obviously not going to change and lay double cream out. Some choices are just not sustainable in the long term.
This "half informed" stuff has more than grain of truth. Iraq is treated exactly the same as the one-sided trade deficit "reports". Simply look at almost any TV channel outside the US and the difference hits ya in the face.
Who knows, but for two cents, I'd say probably the larger proportion of those labelled "insurgents" are Iraqi people who are well pissed off and have suffered extreme damage, tho mixed with this, a number of... other pissed off people intent on revenge and well-financed. What's the difference - very little! :-)