| Re: "Behind enemy lines," by Robert Sedlack (Viewpoint, Sept. 4 - 10, 2003)
I totally agree with Robert Sedlack's views on the last war with Iraq. It's not about regime change, terrorism or weapons of mass destruction. It is a war about oil and Bush being greedy to get it.
?However, one thing that Sedlack didn't mention is that the media in the U.S. is the one behind the brainwashing of most of the American public. The media down in the U.S. has now become 1984’s Big Brother and greatly influences not only consumer habits, but the way in which people in the U.S. think and feel about political issues. That is why the people that Sedlack came into contact in California were for the war and not against it. They did not get the full story as to the real reason for the war – they only got what CNN has shown, with around-the-clock coverage of the latest weapon that the U.S. troops are using in Iraq. CNN never did show the devastation of the Iraqi people or the environmental consequences of Bush's actions.
The only conspiracy theory in this case is why the media is not telling the whole story and telling lies about the war to its own people.
Nonetheless, I did agree with everything else that Sedlack has to say about his experiences living in California at the time.
Christina Szeman,
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