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2005-09-19 Afghanistan/South Asia

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Posted by Dan Darling 2005-09-19 00:43|| || Front Page|| [1 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 NEWSWEAK. This article is a hoot.

Mohammed Daud, 35, commands the biggest Taliban force in this area roughly 100 miles southwest of Kabul. But today he travels with just one bodyguard.

Just the opening line makes you laugh out loud, not only for it's dark and stormy night verbage, but because you have to pity the poor Newsweak reporter attempting to create two guys on motorcycles in a mellon patch into a Commander of the largest Taliban force in roughly 100 miles since *snicker* 2001.

I could go on - but suffice to say it's a tough job making a historic election, that went off smoothly, into a quagmire.

Posted by 2b 2005-09-19 08:16|| 2005-09-19 08:16|| Front Page Top

#2 Good call 2b.

Posted by phil_b 2005-09-19 08:34|| 2005-09-19 08:34|| Front Page Top

#3 There should be a huge price put on this guy's head. Having a feature in Newsweak or any of the MSM should become the GWOT equivalent of being on the cover of Sports Illustrated. The Terrs and the MSM have an alliance that must be broken.

We should probably have a wet works that follows the MSM around and erases their sources.

Posted by Mrs. Davis 2005-09-19 08:38|| 2005-09-19 08:38|| Front Page Top

#4 If Newsweak had not squandered their reputation 50 years ago, then I might not wish them very worst I can imagine, FOAD.

THE MELON PATCH REPORT

2b right on the nail.

Posted by Red Dog 2005-09-19 11:53|| 2005-09-19 11:53|| Front Page Top

#5 2b is right. This guy Dawood is the master of spin. I guess when he starts traveling with no bodyguards (because he's the last man standing), we'll really be in trouble.

Posted by Zhang Fei 2005-09-19 12:59|| http://timurileng.blogspot.com]">[http://timurileng.blogspot.com] 2005-09-19 12:59|| Front Page Top

#6 Come to think of it, I find it amusing that Newsweek, which always finds a way to spin news concerning Bush administration initiatives in a negative way, can only think of the good things (for the jihadi cause) that come to mind when they talk to actual jihadi sources. I think it's part of the old lefty reporter reflex that these guerrillas are big, bad and scary because they actually use guns (gasp), mines (double-gasp) and remote-controlled mines (triple-gasp).

Posted by Zhang Fei 2005-09-19 13:03|| http://timurileng.blogspot.com]">[http://timurileng.blogspot.com] 2005-09-19 13:03|| Front Page Top

#7 History quiz. How many native Afghani suicide bombers have there been since the Soviet invasion? Correct me if I am wrong, but by my count, zero. The Arabs have repeatedly encourged it but the Afghans - including the Taliban - have never bitten. IMHO, for them, fighting is mostly about running their turf. Dying is not the name of the game for them.

Posted by Zpaz 2005-09-19 14:00|| 2005-09-19 14:00|| Front Page Top

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