Letter to the Editor

Column just another piece of spin

Dear Editor:

I have read your article by J.P…. Column just another piece of spin

Dear Editor:

I have read your article by J.P. Fridy, titled, “Liberal Media conspiracy? PIPA study says no.” I have a few points to say to the author. If you are going to tout your liberal, anti-war opinion to the world by spinning a poll that has recently come to light, people should consider other things too.

You say the rest of the world is against the war. That is not true. Last time I checked, another powerful nation, Great Britain, is on our side. Oh, and also Spain. Oh, and Poland. Oh, and Romania. In fact, there are nearly 30 other countries that support this war. Sorry that not everyone is on your side and many of us are on the side of our president. If the “rest of the world” consists of France, Germany, and Russia, I really feel sorry for you.

You also refer to it as “Bush’s war.” Well, as an American, it’s my war too. I support it, and I am sure that the families of the 300,000 people who the coalition estimates that Saddam has purportedly killed are thankful too. It’s kids like you who run around and listen to the Beastie Boys, proselytized by their whining of “Free Tibet.” But when you do that, do you ever stop to think “Free Iraq”?

I bet if Bill Clinton or Howard Dean had gone after Iraq, this article would have never been written. But I guess I know the truth: freeing Tibet is cool, because the Beastie Boys say it, but freeing Iraq is not, because George Bush sucks?

Talk about spin to get people to read another insipid anti-Iraq War opinion article. Do you guys have something new to talk about besides how much you hate Bush?

Greg Vaslowski

Graduate Student, School of Education