Yesterday we did this long post on President George Bush’s “victory strategy” speech and reaction to it in the press, and in a wide variety of political weblogs.
But we left out something important.
A post giving you the reaction also of someone out there in the field who is in the military.
READ IT HERE.
Some will agree with it, others will disagree. But one thing everyone will agree on: at no point does he impugn the patriotism of those who disagree with him. And that enhances the credibility of his argument — and makes you want to hear more from him. Required reading for those on the right, left, center and non-political types.
Joe Gandelman is a former fulltime journalist who freelanced in India, Spain, Bangladesh and Cypress writing for publications such as the Christian Science Monitor and Newsweek. He also did radio reports from Madrid for NPR’s All Things Considered. He has worked on two U.S. newspapers and quit the news biz in 1990 to go into entertainment. He also has written for The Week and several online publications, did a column for Cagle Cartoons Syndicate and has appeared on CNN.