Tuesday, December 27, 2005
In this interview, Greg Margolin of the Jewish Russian Telegraph blog has spoken with returning Army reservist Brian Golden, former State Representative from Brighton, MA. Like many of those returning, Golden has gripes with the press coverage, and none with his own service:
BG: It's a good question. In the beginning of the war,the media was accused by the left of a pro-war bias. When the war is new, there is excitement.There is a certain enthusiasm, the instinctive reaction to rally. But the real goal is to sustain this level of support long term. With time the adrenaline wears out. There is failure to find WMDs and it all becomes a political blood sport. In the beginning there was interesting media drama in how swiftly and certainly the Baathist regime was swept out of power. With time, other stories became more interesting, and the media started showing violence all the time. I don't begrudge anybody who disagrees with the war, but it would be nice if our accomplishments in Iraq got 10% of the media attention...
Read the rest, here.
[X-Posted at Hub Politics]
