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2007-12-15 Home Front: WoT

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Posted by Steve White 2007-12-15 00:00|| || Front Page|| [11127 views ] Top

#1 No cite for this, but the 12/14 ABC nightly news with Charles Gibson broadcast mentioned good news for Iraq, in that no major violence was reported today.

Posted by Anguper Hupomosing9418 2007-12-15 01:34|| 2007-12-15 01:34|| Front Page Top

#2 Must have been a very slow news day.

Posted by Nimble Spemble 2007-12-15 06:35|| 2007-12-15 06:35|| Front Page Top

#3 Oh, dear - this will set off a mad search by the mainstream media for traces and evidence of quagmire, incompetance and needless death. Any bad news will be fallen upon with tears of grateful ecstasy and screaming headlines above the fold.

Posted by Sgt. Mom">Sgt. Mom 2007-12-15 08:29|| http//www.celiahayes.com]">[http//www.celiahayes.com] 2007-12-15 08:29|| Front Page Top

#4 So much for the 'Great Wall' of the MSM. Even with the full power of government behind it, the Soviet propaganda machine couldn't hold back the truth. Of course their apologists rationalize the 'fall' happened only because the 'right' people were not in charge. MSM think they're the 'right' people.

There is no substitute for personal testimony/experience by one's family, friends, neighbors, community to 'validate' what the true story is. Just as the MSM media buries stories about crime perpetrated by 'protected groups', it can not overcome personal experience, no matter what the 'intentions' are. The same here. The troops coming home and telling the story. In Vietnam they carried the story that the government wasn't. It destroyed the credibility of the government. Here it is the story of Iraq that MSM doesn't tell. It is destroying the credibility of the MSM. Amazing how institutions don't learn.

Posted by Procopius2k 2007-12-15 10:00|| 2007-12-15 10:00|| Front Page Top

#5 Bush's own poll numbers rising, parallel to Petraeus' progress in Iraq. The American people continue to have contempt for Congress, with lower approval ratings than the War. Here's yet another reason why.

Posted by doc 2007-12-15 10:05|| 2007-12-15 10:05|| Front Page Top

#6 No the MSM and other Dem allies will not search for Quamire/Losing stuff - they will do what they ahve done: try to drop coverage completely so that they can keep peopel IGNORNAT of the success.

The MSM has yet to show victories (like MUsa Qala, Anbar, etc) on the news as victories.

And now it looks like thye never will.

They are abrogating their DUTY to inform the public - they are trying to influnce it instead. I say bring antitrust against all the big networks, Fox included. Break them up.

Posted by OldSpook 2007-12-15 10:28|| 2007-12-15 10:28|| Front Page Top

#7 Little wonder they are so afraid of bloggers. They were the leak in the damn of lies that was holding back the truth. The foundation has now been eroded away and the damn is breaking and cracking.

Posted by DarthVader">DarthVader 2007-12-15 10:42|| 2007-12-15 10:42|| Front Page Top

#8 They still can't resist trying to manipulate the news. In this case, they *changed* the poll questions from earlier polls, to downplay the change in public opinion in support of the war.

Before, when the public mood was more against the war, the question was "more" honest, along the lines of "Do you support the war in Iraq?"

But now the question is changed to "Is the war in Iraq worth fighting?"

You'll not that this question is a lot more contrived. Its axioms begin by saying that there is a "war" in Iraq, not an "occupation"; and "fighting", not "reconstruction", is going on, which is what almost ALL of the US military in Iraq are doing.

In truth, probably less than 1% of the US military in Iraq is currently "fighting" at all. Maybe 15% are to some degree supporting these "fighters", but the other 84% are either rebuilding Iraq, training Iraqi military and police, or just maintaining the US presence in the region.

So what would the American public say if asked to respond to a truly honest question:

"Is worth it for the US occupation forces in Iraq to continue to rebuild that nation?"

You have to wonder what the poll results from that would be.

Posted by Anonymoose 2007-12-15 11:03|| 2007-12-15 11:03|| Front Page Top

#9 It's imperative we loose for the good of the country. The short term pain will sadfijw;erhafg

/10,000 commies at typewriters everywhere

Posted by Thomas Woof 2007-12-15 17:54|| http://www.cybernations.net/]">[http://www.cybernations.net/] 2007-12-15 17:54|| Front Page Top

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