Well, that sort of thing tends to stick with me, and I’ll be saying, “I’ll just wait for the other shoe to drop and not believe what I hear right off the bat...”
It makes it very much harder, now, for me to just take anything the Pentagon says at face value — and especially so, when they consider “information” and “media” as part of the “tools of war”, rather than simple truth. And there has been information given to us that indicates that the military does send out disinformation, in order to help its own cause — while they gave the “proviso” that this kind of disinformation is directed overseas and not here in the U.S.
But, since we get our news from all over the world, this is not a useful distinction...
Uh I keep coming back to naive. You think this is any different than any war in any time in history. Our minds work overtime raising the standards of truth. Nevertheless, you are saying you are drinking Waxman's Koolaid.
This sort of talk is the sort that had Jim Robinson calling you names. This is the most accurate and timely information a society has ever had in a time of war. Folks who want to complain about their mink coat being itchy can find someone to listen to the rant. That doesn't mean that real people don't know better than give it any mind.