Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2004/02/23
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]> that accepting the citations is appropriate.) But the idea of a > government giving a 'campaign' ribbon or medal to all the journalists > who covered a campaign is really repugnant...The media is NOT supposed > to be an arm of the military. Agreed, of course. The point here is that the government DID regard them as part of the campaign. Whether they intended to or not, they did exactly what the invasion powers wanted them to do and are being "rewarded". I suspect other invasion powers feel the same way but are tactfully silent. Daniel - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html