The war of ideas - and why Rummy's losing it

Have I mentioned before that Joe Galloway of Knight-Ridder has been doing some of the best commentary on military matters these last few years? If not, let me correct that oversight right now. From America's woeful failure in the war of ideas by Joseph Galloway, Knight-Ridder 02/22/06:

Neither aggressive, skeptical reporting nor enemy propaganda is to blame for the fact that the Bush administration is still trying to explain why it invaded Iraq in the first place, and why it did so without making adequate preparations for the aftermath. Neither Osama bin Laden nor Abu Musab al-Zarqawi fed gullible officials the bogus notions that Iraq was in league with al-Qaida, was buying uranium in Niger and was in hot pursuit of a nuclear weapons program.

That nonsense didn't come from our enemies; it came from Mr. Rumsfeld's friends. ...

Instead of shooting the messengers, Mr. Rumsfeld might consider re-examining the message that American policies, American actions and, yes, American mistakes are sending not just to Iraqis and other Muslims but to the whole world. The truth might set you free.

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