Today's Quote

Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld insists that the military's initiative to influence the U.S. image in the Iraqi news media has always been, and always will be, about spreading truthful and accurate information. But if our long-term goal in Iraq is to create a sustainable democracy, it does not seem like an ethically sound or effective step toward that goal to be encouraging that war-torn country's fast-developing but fledgling news media to sell its message and become the mouthpiece of an occupying government.