Well, the comments will all be perceived differently. But I think that anything off of the AP line is pretty trustable. So I don't think you'd find much variation from a full transcript. These are strong statements and it's hard to think that he padded it out.

I think that dissenting opinion is underreported in the States. The fact that someone who most Americans adulate like Mandela is saying such strong things and there's barely any coverage of it, that just strikes me as odd. Add to that Schwarzkopf and other Middle East experts dissenting views and you have something that adds up to more than odd, something more like censoring.

Why do people find blind acceptance of Government actions patriotic? How does that help anyone? Why get defensive when criticisms are made? Why not try to find out why it is they have that view, and see if perhaps they see something that you, being on the inside, had not seen before?