tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8251755.post6176300068564935501..comments2023-08-10T02:35:48.311-07:00Comments on My Sandmen: Mastering "the Word"Mr.Atoshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11531644043944267693noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8251755.post-11492240397839168462007-06-28T10:02:00.000-07:002007-06-28T10:02:00.000-07:00mike:unfortunately we're working with an enemy for...mike:<BR/><BR/>unfortunately we're working with an enemy force mulitiplier known as the press. it wouldn't be so bad if the press understood what was at stake. when you have to explain your actions to a bunch of non-professionals, without saying too much about specifics, you're bound to send out conflicting signals. if i were optimistic, i would say that the confusion is deliberate, with the idea that it will keep the enemy off-balance. but the press has gotten so good at asking stupid questions that they can't help but make the military look stupid, thus further eroding the faltering confidence in executive and military leadership. it could very well be that the military leadership doesn't have it together. what i'm saying, though, is that he role of the press in exacerbating the situation can't be overestimated.<BR/><BR/>i'm not sure the paradigm can change without a horrific catastrophe that causes a collective solidification of values. you don't truly value something until it's gone. this counts especially for life and for freedom.dueler88https://www.blogger.com/profile/15936047536305626931noreply@blogger.com