Retired Marine Gen. Anthony Zinni, former head of Central Command for US forces in the Middle East, ain't buyin' it

yep, yep, yep... besides thanking god he's retired, zinni's also probably wondering when his retirement pay is going to be axed...

Gen. Anthony Zinni . . . this morning on Meet the Press...

RUSSERT: Do you believe the American media is distorting the news from Iraq or presenting an accurate picture?

ZINNI: Well, I think the American media is being made a scapegoat for what’s going on out there.

[...]

And you have to remember that it’s hard to dwell on the good things when the bad things are so overwhelmingly traumatic and catastrophic. So I think that’s an unfair blame that’s put on the media. I think that there probably are good things at the lower level, but are they balanced out by the bad things that are happening? All the good things happening out there will mean nothing if this unity government doesn’t come together.

of COURSE there's some good things happening... it'd be a nightmare beyond comprehension if there wasn't... but, zinni's goddam right, the weight of the on-going horror FAR outweighs the good stuff and it's good to hear bush and rove being called on their bullshit...

(thanks to think progress...)

[UPDATE]

Zinni: There’s a series of disastrous mistakes. We just heard the Secretary of State say these were tactical mistakes. These were not tactical mistakes. These were strategic mistakes, mistakes of policies made back here. Don’t blame the troops.

(thanks to crooks and liars...)

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