Peter Foster of the Daily Telegraph took me to task (in the nicest possible way) for my post Should Rumsfeld Resign?
Peter's point was, and I quote "It's only when senior soldiers, who have the credibility, speak out that we get some kind of perspective on the lunacy of the Iraq adventure. I think they're brave to break the rules. The very fact that they did so - which goes totally against the grain of military values and discipline - shows how strongly they feel." End quote.
I agree with Peter that it took courage, and it certainly is a chilling reminder that the country must heed. I feel that by compromising many years of military values and discipline, they may have created a crack in the dam. What lies before us? Serving military officers questioning their tasking orders, because they don't feel the cause is just?
Once that genie is out of the bottle, it would be impossible to recapture. That way, in my opinion, lies disaster. I have military men amongst my readers - both serving and retired. I would welcome your comments. Am I deluded?
Also, Dee, another reader chided me for deriding reality shows as lacking informational and entertainment value in my post Reality Bites.
She felt that reality shows do inform and entertain. I wanted to clarify that the type of reality shows that drew my ire were shows that pitted contestants against one another in ever-more degrading situations and brought out the worst traits in human nature. I thoroughly enjoy shows that deal with reality in informative circumstances. They are many - The National Geographic Channel, Animal Planet, Speed, The History Channel, Arts & Entertainment. Not even just the high-brow shows. I enjoy the cooking shows on the Food Network, even Monster Garage or Junkyard Wars on the Discovery Channel. Just not the asinine "Who's going to get voted off the island, now that Kirk and Alissa have formed an alliance?"
That just panders to voyeurism of the worst kind. Tell me I'm wrong if you think so.
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