Inevitable War

Bill Plante: It seemed to me that war was almost inevitable as far back as the fall of 2002. It seemed all but inevitable at the beginning of 2003.

John R. MacArthur: We know from our history that unscrupulous presidents, like Woodrow Wilson, have used foreign adventures to foment repression -- or to implement repression at home. The Espionage Act of 1917, the Palmer Raids of 1919, are all legitimized or justified by World War I.

Jonathan Landay: A lot of the mainstream press has gotten fat and lazy. And they've gotten to a point where they have assumed that they're just going to be given stuff.

Jim Lobe: I think the issue is that mainstream journalism, as practiced within a certain political framework or cultural framework, in which some things can be said and some things cannot be said.