How wrong can US Policy be?

[icarus]

I know I have a sick sense of humor, but I find the irony of the following hysterical:

"With a heavy dose of fear and violence, and a lot of money for projects, I think we can convince these people that we are here to help them," Colonel Sassaman said.

I didn't make this up, folks. Here's the link.

Comments

[ashfae.livejournal.com]

You've got to be kidding me.

[icarusancalion.livejournal.com]

Hysterical, isn't it? I like an honest man, no matter how clueless.

Really, the time to read the papers is Saturday. That's when all the ugly stories that nobody wants you to read are buried on page five.

In politics, Friday evening press reports are called 'trash day.' Politicians and their media people know that statistically, the fewest number of people read the Saturday paper. It's their job to know this. They also know that if you bombard the papers with a lot of stories all at once, the media has to pick and choose which ones to run. There's limited space.

So what they do is they save up all the embarrassing moments and dump them late Friday afternoon/evening. So if you really want to know what's going on, read the Saturday paper.

Icarus