Shilling as usual, the WaPo trumpets "good news"
a carefully crafted photo-op in baghdad, a treasury secretary nominee who might actually believe that global warming is real, an election won due to consultant advice to the dem candidate not to address ugly reality, the killing of a bushco and media-spun enemy who had been used to establish a non-existent al qaeda connection in iraq, and the seeming nine lives of karl rove, the sleazebag, doesn't strike me as either "good news" or "refreshing..."
and, i wonder if maliki had had more than five minutes notice of bush's visit, just how eager he would have been to have fresh evidence of the determination of the occupiers of his country to stick around...
"feared that the united states would precipitously withdraw...?" a lot of what i've been reading says that's precisely what they would LIKE to happen...
at least the nyt has sufficient huevos to call the baghdad visit for what it clearly was...
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In a White House that had virtually forgotten what good news looks like, the past few weeks have been refreshing. A Republican won a much-watched special congressional election. President Bush recruited a Wall Street heavy hitter as Treasury secretary. U.S. forces killed the leader of al-Qaeda in Iraq. And now the architect of the Bush presidency has avoided criminal charges.
and, i wonder if maliki had had more than five minutes notice of bush's visit, just how eager he would have been to have fresh evidence of the determination of the occupiers of his country to stick around...
Mr. Bush's appearance, and his assurance that America "will keep its word," should reassure Iraqis who have feared that the United States would precipitously withdraw rather than defend the country's first truly democratic government.
"feared that the united states would precipitously withdraw...?" a lot of what i've been reading says that's precisely what they would LIKE to happen...
at least the nyt has sufficient huevos to call the baghdad visit for what it clearly was...
By now, Americans surely know the difference between a presidential publicity stunt and a true turning point in this ever-lengthening war. If they had any question about which one this was, Karl Rove provided some guidance in New Hampshire, where he delivered the campaign talking points to the Republican faithful: the Democrats could never have summoned the will to kill Mr. Zarqawi. For an administration that is supposed to be rallying a nation at war, it was a revealingly nasty, partisan and divisive moment.
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posted by profmarcus at
6/14/2006
