The Media, the Enivornment, and the Animal Kingdom

While the U.S. media has been quick to condemn Iraq for violations of the Geneva Convention, they seemed to be cheering as the U.S. violated those same conventions by attacking Iraq TV stations.

More Information:

• FAIR: U.S. Media Applaud Bombing of Iraqi TV

President Bush is using the war in Iraq as an excuse to exempt the Department of Defense from some of our most important environmental laws.

More Information:

• Working for Change: Don’t Exempt the Defense Department from our Environmental Laws

On a lighter note, here are a couple articles about the war and the animal kingdom:

• UPI: Morocco offers US monkeys to detonate mine
• Times Online: Takoma the Dolphin is AWOL

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