Every time I listen to the news the death of Bin Ladin story keeps changing. What are the reasons? Should we be concerned about the various versions of information? My concern is the the government is either attempting to be straight forward and forthright or we are looking at amateurs trying to "manage" the news.
One of the most dramatic things that I remember was that the initial reports indicated there was a 40 minute fire fight and that the people in the compound were highly armed. Today we were told that there were several AK47s in a locker in his bedroom as well as a handgun but there was no major exchange. Initially, Obama was armed and now it seems that he was unarmed. First reports said that Osama had hidden behind his wife and now it seems that she jumped in front of him. These discrepancies not only cast questions on the validity of the information but the story itself.
The interesting part is that these reports are coming from the White House. Of course, in the heat of battle there can be various views of the situation and it is usually better to delay the information until the participants can be debriefed. Even though the press might be pressing for details, it is much better to get the story right then to get the story out with incorrect or inaccurate information.
This is where the White House is blowing it. They are consistently changing details and not the minor details of the attack but pretty important details such as a firefight. If they cannot get the big stuff right, how can we depend on anything?
So why are they handling the news this way? My opinion is that either they want to keep us distracted from the real issues or they are totally incompetent. If they can keep details of the killing in the news, the real issues facing the US (unemployment, collapsing home values, high gas prices et. al.) will take a far distant second place. If this scenario is accurate, we will continue to have revisions of the "story" coming out each day for months to come. Each one will change part of the story based on "new" information. By the time we are finished, we will not know what the real story is, which is the ultimate goal.
Whether they are incompetent probably depends upon your political persuasion. Republicans will believe that the Obama Administration is and Democrats will deny it. However, history will be the final judge.
If it is planned or incompetency, our loss will be the TRUTH. I do not know what would be so wrong with taking a few hours or even days to get the story right, letting the world know and only having to correct minor issues that arise later. This is not the situation to which we are now exposed. Daily changes in the story only cause thinking people to start questioning the entire story.
Does the government/Administration think that we are so stupid, so naive that we will believe everything they put out? If so, all the details of the assassination/murder/killing of Osama should be questioned. An inquiry by an independent bi-partisan commission should be created and a report generated.
What is your opinion?
One of the most dramatic things that I remember was that the initial reports indicated there was a 40 minute fire fight and that the people in the compound were highly armed. Today we were told that there were several AK47s in a locker in his bedroom as well as a handgun but there was no major exchange. Initially, Obama was armed and now it seems that he was unarmed. First reports said that Osama had hidden behind his wife and now it seems that she jumped in front of him. These discrepancies not only cast questions on the validity of the information but the story itself.
The interesting part is that these reports are coming from the White House. Of course, in the heat of battle there can be various views of the situation and it is usually better to delay the information until the participants can be debriefed. Even though the press might be pressing for details, it is much better to get the story right then to get the story out with incorrect or inaccurate information.
This is where the White House is blowing it. They are consistently changing details and not the minor details of the attack but pretty important details such as a firefight. If they cannot get the big stuff right, how can we depend on anything?
So why are they handling the news this way? My opinion is that either they want to keep us distracted from the real issues or they are totally incompetent. If they can keep details of the killing in the news, the real issues facing the US (unemployment, collapsing home values, high gas prices et. al.) will take a far distant second place. If this scenario is accurate, we will continue to have revisions of the "story" coming out each day for months to come. Each one will change part of the story based on "new" information. By the time we are finished, we will not know what the real story is, which is the ultimate goal.
Whether they are incompetent probably depends upon your political persuasion. Republicans will believe that the Obama Administration is and Democrats will deny it. However, history will be the final judge.
If it is planned or incompetency, our loss will be the TRUTH. I do not know what would be so wrong with taking a few hours or even days to get the story right, letting the world know and only having to correct minor issues that arise later. This is not the situation to which we are now exposed. Daily changes in the story only cause thinking people to start questioning the entire story.
Does the government/Administration think that we are so stupid, so naive that we will believe everything they put out? If so, all the details of the assassination/murder/killing of Osama should be questioned. An inquiry by an independent bi-partisan commission should be created and a report generated.
What is your opinion?
