Baghbad Bob

I watched this documnetary on Baghdad Bob - based on the comical Iraqi information minister, Mohammed Saheed Al-Sahaf. While I agree he was as close to being a complete idiot, I hate what the media is doing.

Having studied media, I am to some extent, aware as to how well it can manipulate/distort the world. It is sickening to think that someone produced Baghdad Bob. To be honest, the Iraqi Info. Minister had done enough damage by painting the wrong picture. While there were people dying, he simply resorted to lying - no-one knows the reason why he did this but he did.

However, no-one is really better off. The Americans and the co-alition have, and this is based on current news by Al-Jazeera, BBC and CNN, struggled to complete their "mission" in Iraq. In all honesty, maybe replacing Saddam Hussein has achieved nothing. If you thought Baghdad Bob was funny, the lies that are potrayed by the western media are not less damaging. It has been a long three plus years in Iraq and the terror of Saddam has simply been replaced. This is so sad especially in the context of watching Baghdad Bob, I am forced to think that the "Western Powers" are getting away with the same amount of lies except that the media is on thier side and keeps portraying them as heroes. Media kills.