Daniel P.B.Smith wrote:
For example, "some people regard the situation in
Iraq as a guerrilla
war" can be replaced with "Army Gen. John P. Abizaid said that forces
in Iraq were 'conducting what I would describe as a classical
guerrilla-type campaign against us.'"
Being so specific doesn't work in a lead paragraph and different high-ranking
people have a multitude of POVs that are very often not representative of the
population in general.
-- mav