A Top U.S. General in Iraq Blames Public's Antiwar Views on the Media

Editor & Publisher | Sep. 21, 2007 (News Report)

Maj. Gen. Rick Lynch, commander of the Army's 3rd Infantry Division, said Thursday, back in the U.S. on leave at Fort Stewart, that the war in Iraq is "a winnable mission" if the the media would only cooperate.

"If the American people are informed properly," Lynch told reporters after he arrived home on leave, "I believe they will be supportive of the mission. But they're not getting the right story. As a result, they're anti the war." ... Full Story »

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Posted by: Posted by Mark Monday - Sep 21, 2007 - 9:24 PM PDT
Reviewed by: Mark Monday (review), Fabrice Florin (review), Patricia L'Herrou (review)
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Mark Monday
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 by Mark Monday - Oct. 1, 2008

Whether one agrees with the claims or not, this story "gets it out into the open." It's all the media's fault if you belive this.

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Patricia L'Herrou
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 by Patricia L'Herrou - Oct. 1, 2008

interesting that a general in iraq thinks this is important enough for him to focus criticism on. I'd like to read the complete talk to know if he had any about the war itself and if he mentioned the news media embedded earlier and whether or not the media needed to cover events in iraq differently at that time.

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