Q. just found this on the web.
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20071003/ap_on_re_mi_ea/iraq
Why is it that I have not seen the news chanels leading with this story? Maybe becuase it isnt something that is bad. Is this just more proof that the news reports what they want instead of what is important?
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I have an idea.
Let's use the combined ambition, intelligence, and investigative skills of our best Yahoo! Answers contacts in the Politics section to compile a list every six months of important stories the Liberal media has purposely ignored. Instead of just complaining about how biased the media is, we can have solid proof and maybe start a backlash against the media until it is more balanced and responsible.
What about the latest story that the two Koreas are working to establish a formal peace in lieu of the nearly 50 year old "armistice".
The article says: "Leaders of the two Koreas agreed on Thursday to try to bring peace to the Cold War's last frontier, just a day after the North signed up to an international deal to disable its nuclear facilities."
How about the press giving at least a little credit to Bush, who steadfastly refused to give into bilateral talks the North Koreans needed evade continued pressure from China and Japan? How about giving Bush credit for finally forcing Korea to dismantle its nukes program?
How about acknowledging that it was Bush's toughness that made Libya suddenly and unexpectedly renounce any future terrorist activity? Isn't it a little odd that such an enormous development is ignored by the press? If a Democratic President had achieved such a coup, it would be front page news, and he'd be Time Magazine "Man Of The Year".
Instead of publishing a daily body count about Iraq, how about balancing that with the body count here in the U.S., which for the last six years has been ZERO!
Would it kill the myopic, effete, Liberal press to give some credit to Bush for the fact that Israel has withdrawn from previously occupied territory, or recognize our efforts to get a homeland for the Palestinians?
Any possibility of extracting even grudging acknowledgement that Saudi Arabia, which used to play both sides of the fence regarding terrorism, is now a firm ally? How about Bush's miracle of keep the Pakistani President from getting cold feet and distancing himself from the war on terror?
There are so many things Bush has done that have gone unacknowledged. Let's start holding the press accountable for their unbelievable bias. Let's prove our case against them.
China warns U.S. and South Korea. Your thoughts?
Yoshiki Ha
China warned on Friday against military acts near its coastline ahead of U.S.-South Korean naval exercises that North Korea, days after shelling a South Korean island, said risked pushing the region towards war.
Beijingâs warning came as the Seoul government named a career soldier as its new defence minister amid mounting criticism of the response to Tuesdayâs attack by North Korea, its heaviest bombardment since the 1950-53 Korean War.
North Korean artillery shells rained down on the small South Korean island of Yeonpyeong on Tuesday, killing four people and destroying dozens of houses.
"The situation on the Korean peninsula is inching closer to the brink of war due to the reckless plan of those trigger-happy elements to stage again war exercises targeted against the (North)," the Northâs official KCNA news agency said.
The aggressive language is typical of North Korean state-owned media, but the heightened tension was enough to depress the won as much as 2.2 percent. The stock market closed 1.3 percent down, in line with the wider region.
The United States is sending in an aircraft carrier group led by the nuclear-powered USS George Washington to the Yellow Sea for military exercises with South Korea starting on Sunday.
Planned before this weekâs attack, the four-day manoeuvres are a show of strength which, besides enraging North Korea, have unsettled China, its neighbour and only real ally.
"We oppose any military act by any party conducted in Chinaâs exclusive economic zone without approval," Chinaâs Foreign Ministry said in an online response to a question regarding Chinaâs position on the George Washington participating in joint naval exercises.
The exclusive economic zone is a maritime zone up to 200 nautical miles from a countryâs coast.
Washington is pressing China to use its influence to rein in Pyongyang to help ease tension in the worldâs fastest-growing economic region.
GOVERNMENT CRITICISED
South Koreaâs presidential Blue House appointed Kim Kwan-jin, 61, former chairman of the joint chiefs of staff, to replace Kim Tae-young, who had tried to resign the defence portfolio in May following criticism of the governmentâs response to a torpedo attack on a South Korean warship blamed on the North.
"(We) think nominee Kim, well-respected for professionalism and conviction, is the right person for the post in order to restore trust from people and boost morale in the entire military," presidential secretary Hong Sang-pyo told a news briefing.
There was brief panic in the capital Seoul in the afternoon when television reported sounds of artillery fire near Yeonpyeong. But the military said the artillery fire was distant and no shells landed in South Korea.
"Investors are growing more jittery ahead of the joint military exercise," said Kim Hyoung-ryoul, a market analyst at NH Investment & Securities. "The key concern is, whether North Korea will again take unforeseen, rash actions."
Reclusive and unpredictable North Korea has defied international efforts to halt its nuclear ambitions. But Tuesdayâs artillery barrage was a major ramping-up of tension between to two Koreas, who remain technically still at war.
South Korean troops fired back 13 minutes later, causing unknown damage. Members of Leeâs own party and opposition lawmakers accused the military of responding too slowly.
Hundreds of former South Korean soldiers held a protest rally in the border town of Paju on Friday, accusing the government of being too weak. A small anti-North Korea protest was held in Seoul.
"The lazy governmentâs policies towards North Korea are too soft," said Kim Byeong-su, president of the association of ex-marines, in Paju. "It needs to take revenge on a bunch of mad dogs."
http://www.thestarphoenix.com/news/China+issues+warning+ahead+South+Korea+drills/3887652/story.html
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"Of the four wars in my lifetime, none came about because the U.S. was too strong."
-- Ronald Reagan
Yet, we still have plenty of Americans who are calling for cuts in the Defense budget.
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