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May 11, 2004
Compare and Contrast

Posted by Bill

... two special interest pieces:

Pfc. Lynndie England ...

"It's ridiculous," Goin says. "It's her picture you see more than anyone else's, and she really wasn't involved. She was just in the wrong place at the wrong time."
...
Goin and Klinestiver said the family is furious with the comments of President Bush, who said he was "disgusted" by the photographs.

"He doesn't know what these guys are going through," Klinestiver said. Referring to Bush's limited National Guard service during the Vietnam War, he added, "How can you make decisions for our military unless you've served yourself?"

vs.

whistleblower Spc. Joe Darby:

"He wasn't one that went along with his peers," said Robert Ewing, Darby's history teacher and football coach at North Star High in Boswell. The military policeman "didn't worry about what people thought."

I'd advise one set of interviewees to keep quiet and stop digging ...

Posted by Bill at May 11, 2004 10:51 AM | TrackBack (2)