August 27, 2007
If your read the NYT or WaPo or LAT...
...you are drinking from poisoned wells. From Captain Ed:
Let's say we're at war, and we're waiting for some specific action to take place to show us that our efforts are succeeding. Add in that the war itself would be rather controversial and that our political class is split as to whether we will ever see that specific action take place. Imagine that Congress and the White House have scheduled a showdown in the next couple of weeks to determine how much longer we will wait for that development.
Now imagine that the specific action for which we've waited actually occurs. Where would you think that story appear in Washington's biggest newspaper? The front page, one might assume. Would you believe ... page 9?...
Unbelievable. And apparently the news was not even in the NYT or LAT!
The news of course, is the announcement of wide political agreement within Iraq's government for changes in the de-Baathification law. For our major "news"papers to ignore the story is a sign of desperation within the al Qaeda/Democrat alliance, and a really indicator of progress for the forces of freedom...
Update: And this certainly gives the lie to the claims of Leftists that they hate the Iraq Campaign BECAUSE it is not militarily winnable, or now, BECAUSE the Iraqi government can't make any political progress. Those are all lies.
They hate this campaign for the reason I explained here
Posted by John Weidner at August 27, 2007 06:48 AMThere's now a story in the New York Times about it - the headline? "Iraqi Prime Minister Assails Democratic Critics." The first four paragraphs are about Maliki reaching a "new level of stridency" in his attacks on Democrats and the French foreign minister.
Then it gets to the political breakthrough:
Later in the day, Mr. Maliki appeared to have calmed down as he went through a series of meetings and participated in a joint statement of broad political unity by two major Kurdish parties, two Shiite parties, including his Dawa Party, and a bloc led by Vice President Tariq al-Hashemi, a Sunni.
The White House, eager for signs of progress, welcomed the agreement....the statement appeared tailored to show that steps toward political unity had been taken....despite the promising signs on Sunday, Iraq’s political process remains all but completely stalled.
No political agenda here, nope...how could one dare make such an accusation!
Meanwhile, there's this essay explaining how historical analogies, like the ones Bush used in his VFW speech, are so often misread by ignorant non-historians that we should just stop listening to them.
Amply disdainful words fail me...
