Would any newsperson ever ask:
Candidate ____________,
Decades after the lessons of Vietnam, it feels like the people who run the Pentagon specialize in undeclared/unwon wars.
What would be your role in all this?
Candidate ____________,
Has a $51.6 billion (every 12 months) US Dept. of Homeland Security created any shortage of opioids/cartel product anywhere in the US?
In the news:
Biden honors Americans who ‘stood on the front lines of freedom’ in Veterans Day remarks
CNN Nov 11, 2023
Would any newsperson ever ask:
Candidate ____________,
Going back to the 1990 Operation Desert Shield,
How would American freedoms today be any different if US troops were never sent to Iraq?
Related:
Would any newsperson ever ask:
The people of Alaska need services in the Middle East
Hostile Forces in Distant Lands
The country struggles with:
Possibly of interest:
Podcast 9 Defending The Constitution?
How Do The Troops Defend The Constitution?
Not asking about the oath of enlistment. Asking about what happens after the oath has been taken.
Love to see newspeople interview elected officials and let us know how sending US Troops to Syria, Lebanon, Somalia, Vietnam, Afghanistan, Iraq, Bosnia, etc., is somehow defending the constitution.
Look for newspeople and school teachers to ask zero questions in these areas.
Both major US political parties may be forced to downsize their ambitions for various overseas military operations. Things are slow over at the recruiting office.
Newspeople refuse to ask:
What happens when American families no longer send the young ones to enlist and will not support a draft?
NATO – Newspeople refuse to ask:
Over here, my view is that the people would absolutely refuse to send their sons into a war. The neighborman who’s is the father of one of Charlie’s best friends said, ” I don’t care about Ukraine; it has nothing to do with my life. ” That was about 2 weeks into the invasion. Two weeks and he knows his stand clearly. The shadow of WWIi is very dark and long here. Everyone understood why young Russian men were heading to the airport and getting out of Russia within minutes of the invasion being announced.
Here in the USA, we have a truly weak culture in terms of newspeople asking questions. This does not change during a big election season. Some questions are just too hot to handle, so the modern press avoids them.
Newspeople refuse to ask:
What happens when American families no longer send the young ones to enlist and will not support a draft?
Both major US political parties may be forced to downsize their ambitions for various overseas military operations. Things are slow over at the recruiting office.
Related:
https://oakbaystarfish.com/2024/07/09/nato-newspeople-refuse-to-ask/
JFK speaks about the role of the press in a free society: