Chaos?
The BBC reports on politicians' reactions to the Liberal Democrat conference:Conservative defence spokesman Nicholas Soames insisted it was right to topple Saddam and to "liberate" Iraq but he was critical of post-war planning which he branded "chaotic".
The first set of quotations marks, which is reporting a political opinion, is fair enough. The second, however, is remarkable. It is true that the word "chaotic" was the one used by Nicholas Soames, but so, presumably, were the words "topple" and "planning". The BBC genuinely regards it as a contentious point to describe post-Saddam Iraq as chaotic.
posted by Matthew @ 9/21/2004 08:57:00 AM
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