The Media and Reagan
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With regard to the Iran-arms matter, partisan politicians, others with axes to grind, and members of the news media, act like ravenous sharks in a feeding-frenzy.
They seem unconcerned about the long-term damage their unbridled and irresponsible attacks may do to the presidency, U.S. foreign policy, to our intelligence-gathering capabilities, and to the security of this nation, as long as they each get a bite, and exact their “pound of flesh.”
Meanwhile, the world watches--the Communists with glee, the free-world with sad bewilderment--as the vital functions of the greatest nation on earth threaten to self-destruct before their eyes.
WM. W. BLANKS
Temple City
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