A Top U.S. General in Iraq Blames Public's Antiwar Views on the Media

September 20, 2007
A Top U.S. General in Iraq Blames Public's Antiwar Views on the Media

NEW YORK Maj. Gen. Rick Lynch, commander of the Army's 3rd Infantry Division, said Thursday, back in the U.S. on leave at Fort Stewart, that the war in Iraq is "a winnable mission" if the the media would only cooperate.

"If the American people are informed properly," Lynch told reporters after he arrived home on leave, "I believe they will be supportive of the mission. But they're not getting the right story. As a result, they're anti the war."