NY Times: President Bush Is Winning Iraq War. - Updated
I know! I didn't think it was possible either! But then the NYT told me so this morning! Cool, right?
Just look at the picture!!! The surge has worked! Kids are in playgrounds! Soon there will be victory, baby! It'll be just like in Afghanistan! That victory was AWESOME, dude! Remember that? Strangely, the Times doesn't.
But anyway, they are totally going to report what Petraeus is going to "report" to the Nation -- in sober, careful, somewhat tentative, yes, but hopeful words : Victory in Iraq may finally be on its way.
The Bush Administration hasn't won the peace in Louisiana yet, - still a need for troops there, three years after Katrina, still haven't quite sorted out the security situation IN AN AMERICAN CITY AFTER THREE YEARS - but it's very important for us to realize - the New York Times believes - that the Administration is making things better in Iraq. Of New Orleans, the Times said: People who dream of a better future are trying, fitfully, to create one, while the government they once thought would protect and serve them slumbers on. New Orleans has been slammed into the 19th century, and it’s going to be a long way back.Of the "Big Gains" the Times sees in Iraq, they ask, breathlessly: What's going right? And can it last?It's true that this Administration hasn't even finished demolishing the 9th Ward houses thrown around by Katrina - let alone rebuilding the city, like a self-respecting government. But the "Paper of Record" thinks Americans should know that the Administration is succeeding at putting Iraqi society back together. I know what you're wondering: "But how?" Well, it's just below the second full 'graph in the Gray Lady's big story:
For Hatem al-Bachary, a Basra businessman, the turnabout has been "a miracle," the first tentative signs of a normal life. "A miracle" - now THAT is the kind of journalism folks get Pulitzer Prizes for. We've been reminded again and again that "the terrorists know" when American elections are coming and change their behavior accordingly. One has to wonder if the people whose livelihoods depend on the American occupation know - unless you're the New York Times. One has to wonder if the American Central Command reminded them at all - unless you're the New York Times. One has to wonder if President Bush...
...might have reminded Nouri al-Maliki himself of this when they talked on...oh,...I don't know...Thursday? Wonder, that is, unless you are the New York Times. Because if there's one thing the New York Times knows about, it's credibility. Log in to the Times with his handy link in order to click the next two. Then wonder aloud with me: "Didn't the New York Times get sick of making fools of themselves during the Vietnam war?" No need to log in for the next links and I won't keep you in suspense. That answer is: But what could possibly explain this intransigent stupidity? You know I actually don't care? But if you're a more responsible person and, like General Petraeus in 2003, your question is "Tell me how this ends," let me offer you this from - you guessed it - the New York Times:
Consider the latest caricatures of Mr. Maliki put up on posters by the followers of Moktada al-Sadr, the fiery cleric who commands deep loyalty among poor Shiites. They show the prime minister's face split in two -- half his own, half Saddam Hussein's. The comparison is, of course, intended as a searing criticism. This is a criticism which is apparently lost on the New York Times. Incredibly, they seem blithely to be headed towards endorsing the scenario of the loved-then-hated military strongman. You know: the one that leads to decades of bloody civil conflict. You remember: the one America has repeated over and over and over again. Who knows, maybe they'll even endorse John McCain. Update [2008-6-22 13:9:5 by dlaw]: - New Meme!!! This morning on "Meet The Press," I heard Senator Lindsey Graham declare proudly how "for four years John McCain fought the Bush Administration". This is a contention which borders on insane. John McCain's only problem with the Bush policy on Iraq, ever, has been that it's not extreme enough, it's not big enough, and that some people want it to end.
NY Times: President Bush Is Winning Iraq War. - Updated | 6 comments (6 topical)
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