[Margaret Pilkington]

Cashy, I was only asking a question...there was no implication that you were saying anything.
And yes, of course the media want to sell papers....websites want to sell advertising space, but I cannot see that sabre rattling does that.

We really have no way to verify what news sources are telling us about ANYTHING....if the media told me it was night, I would need to go outside and check....so like you I am very cynical about what we are being fed.
I ask myself why someone wants me to believe this....what is in it for them.

The only way anyone can be sure of what has actually happened, you have to be there....seeing with your own eyes.

So it is difficult to determine what is true.

However, I do think that two men who are the political leaders of very powerful countries have a responsibility to the rest of the world to ensure their dealings are open and honest....and from what I can see, I would not trust either of these men as far as I could spit.
Both of these men are interested only in their own ego's...in power grabs and it is the little people who ultimately, pay the price...and that cannot be right.