Report Truth, Not Opinion

Report Truth, Not Opinion

I selected an article from this past Sunday’s Oregonian. As the majority of the articles in the paper are, this commentary is in regards to the “Second Gulf War.” Charles Krauthammer gives an excellent and well-educated opinion of the battle plans of the war. He describes the original war plan, or as he refers to it, “Plan A,” and how General Franks has done a superb job of adapting the “Plan A” to the level of resistance experienced by our forces in southern Iraq. This is contrary to the opinions of some news reports that include the opinions of military analysts, retired generals, and even former presidents.
The writer states, “ [. . .] this is a campaign of staggering complexity [. . .] nonetheless, Tommy Franks’ plan has fared better than most.” Krauthammer offers the fact that the U.S. Military as “[. . .] large, mechanized, integrated and complex [. . .] ” as it is, is still able to adjust itself tactically to ...