[lbo-talk] And Speaking Of A Change In The Media Climate

[Dwayne Monroe]

[The following was broadcast on that most pedestrian
of shows, ABC's "Good Morning America".  If soldiers
are allowed to openly state, on national morning time
television, that they want Rumsfeld to resign you know
something's up.]

U.S. Soldiers Complain of Low Morale in Iraq

Wed Jul 16,10:24 AM ET  

By Sue Pleming

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Fed up with being in Iraq  and
demoralized by their role as peacekeepers in a risky
place, a group of U.S. soldiers aired their plight on
U.S. television on Wednesday and said they had lost
faith in the Army. 

Told several times they would be going home only to
have their hopes dashed this week, a small group of
soldiers from the 3rd Infantry Division in Iraq, spoke
of poor morale and disillusionment with Defense
Secretary Donald Rumsfeld. 

"If Donald Rumsfeld were here, I'd ask him for his
resignation," one disgruntled soldier told ABC's "Good
Morning America" show. 

Asked by a reporter what his message would be for
Rumsfeld, one said: "I would ask him why we are still
here. I don't have any clue as to why we are still in
Iraq." 

[...]

full at

http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=564&ncid=564&e=1&u=/nm/20030716/ts_nm/iraq_troops_morale_dc_1

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