Posted on 06/23/2019 12:15:52 PM PDT by E. Pluribus Unum
FULL TITLE: Dan Gainor: Media decide Trump is wrong on Iran — whether he strikes back or not. Plus, more press missteps
Damned if you do. Damned if you don’t. Welcome to the media’s Iran coverage where President Donald Trump is never really right — whether he responds militarily to Iran or opts not to do so.
Iran, a theocratic loony bin that is the world’s No. 1 terror state, shot down a military drone this week that was worth at least $130 million. While it was flying over international waters. What followed was a high-speed, condensed version of media coverage in the Trump era.
If you wanted people to knock Trump, you’ve got them. Matt Fuller, who covers “Congress and stuff for HuffPost,” blamed the president, claiming, “Trump almost severely escalated a war with Iran.” Even though Iran had attacked.
Atlantic staff writer David A. Graham whined that “using the military as a prop for melodrama like this is dangerous.” Times columnist Roger Cohen argued, “Trump’s Slouching Toward War With Iran Is a Disgrace.”
Former Time magazine editor turned Obama appointee turned MSNBC political analyst Richard Stengel mocked the president. “In foreign policy, not only is Trump not a chess player, he’s a checkers player who cannot even think a single move ahead.”
Trump’s decision not to strike Iran got him briefly positive comments from both The New York Times and Washington Post editorial pages. The Times called it “welcome news” and said “President Trump was right to buy himself time on Iran.” That before criticizing “the disproportionate human costs of many” administration policies. The Post was similarly restrained, saying “Mr. Trump makes one good call on Iran.” It followed by criticizing his entire Iran policy.
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Gee, and I wonder if they must have been that more forgiving with Jimmuh and how he handled the Iranian situation.
The media giving new meaning to “danged if you do, danged if you don’t.”
I think disabling their missile systems is more effective.
Their magic negro let the Iranians arrest some of our Navy sailors. Their magic cracker bombed the Serbians.
Wonder what your average antiwar Democrat is thinking, tuned into CNN and MSNBC and watching them cheerlead for a new, large-scale conflict.
Piss on the Media. Liars one and all.
Heh, I see these morons on Yahoo.
Let me simplify their average thought pattern on this:
1) President Trump attacks Iran in retaliation : It’s because President Trump is Putin’s puppet and Putin wants oil prices to rise, therefore: RUSSIAN COLLUSION.
2) President Trump decides NOT to attack Iran : It’s because President Trump is Putin’s puppet and Putin told President Trump not to, therefore: RUSSIAN COLLUSION.
You might think I’m joking as I often do. No, this IS how they think.
There is no way to reason with people like this.
Hot? CLIMATE CHANGE!!!
Cold? CLIMATE CHANGE!!!
Dry? CLIMATE CHANGE!!!
Wet? CLIMATE CHANGE!!!
Yes, they vote (Democrat) and reproduce (if they don’t kill off the offspring first)
Bingo. I might add, kill their children and import illegals to take their place.
A single drone worth $130 million??
Do you realize how BOGUS that sounds?
It just broke my BS meter.
I’ve seen them in action. They whip themselves into whatever the media frenzy is for the day.
1) BLM / AntiFa commit murder, assault and property destruction? It’s all good because, social justice, slavery, statues, whatever.
2) Anyone not part of BLM / AntiFa is a neo-Nazi, white supremacist, etc.
Mass delusion. I never thought it was possible. But then the media is filled with so many liberal activists constantly pushing “the cause” (du jour)
The RQ-4 is a very expensive machine.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Northrop_Grumman_RQ-4_Global_Hawk
Even the Wiki libs admit it.
It wasn't a Predator the size of a Cessna.
It was a tricked-out surveillance drone the size of a 737.
Just what in hell do you think Johb Effin’ Kerry was doing in Tehran? He was persuading the mullahs to shoot down an unmanned and very expensive U. S. aircraft, thereby putting Trump in an untenable political position.
A plane load of cash buys a lot of cooperation.
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