Fighting Ourselves in Falluja

NY Times ^ | January 23, 2006 | BING WEST

[frankjr]

Oh, I see...Iraq is just like Vietnam. Wow, the NYT is brilliant with their analyses.

[balch3]

Who is this Bing West? Sounds like a RAT.

[jmc1969]

Bing West is a brillant man and his analysis of the mistake of hiring Bremer was spot on. Bremer was a total failure in every possible way.

He also has a great book. No True Glory the Battle for Fallujah.

[neverdem]

Who is this Bing West? Sounds like a RAT.

Bing West

[balch3]

According to the article he's on the PBS news hour. Never a good sign. If he's such a brilliant man, why is he being so critical?

[Nextrush]

Pinch must be passing the bong over there. They still think its the last century.

[neverdem]

According to the article he's on the PBS news hour. Never a good sign.

The News Hour with Jim Lehrer, like its predecessor The McNiel - Lehrer News Hour, almost always presents both sides of any topic for discussion, unlike the rest of the MSM.

If he's such a brilliant man, why is he being so critical?

If the shoe fits, wear it.

[Cannoneer No. 4]

ping

[Canard]

"If he's such a brilliant man, why is he being so critical?"

Did that question actually make sense in your head? How does being 'brilliant' prevent someone from articulating when they have seen faults in someone's performance? It's fairly widely recognised that there were serious flaws in Bremer's management in Iraq.

[Cannoneer No. 4]

Mistakes were made. Pointing these out does not make one a traitor, a defeatist or a Democrat.

What Iraq needed back then was military government and a MacArthur. Instead it got the CPA and Bremer.

[woofie]

Hindsight is once again the clearest way to see something

[x1stcav]

All Vietnam, all the time....

[ChadGore]

Junk like this is the reason why NYTs stock is going down.

[Recon Dad]

It really amazes me the reaction of anything critical without a scintilla of knowledge on a subject or a person. Bing West has been a true supporter and proponent of what we have done in the Middle East.
I would advise before calling someone a RAT they read:
1. No true Glory
2. The March Up

[Recon Dad]

It really amazes me the reaction of anything critical without a scintilla of knowledge on a subject or a person. Bing West has been a true supporter and proponent of what we have done in the Middle East.
I would advise before calling someone a RAT they read:
1. No true Glory
2. The March Up

[OldFriend]

What pathetic lives the left lives.

Imagine working for the NYSlimes and having to think up such drivel for your paycheck.

[JOE43270]

I won't type what I'm thinking about what you said. What I will say is that our Marines that fought for us in Falluja, all of them the ones that lived, died, and were just injured did an OUTSTANDING JOB for AMERICA. The times and west can take this book to the outhouse and use it for what its purpose really is. These are my feelings and if you don't like them I don't care. This Airman is standing with my Brothers the Marines and the Navy Corpsmen that got the job done.

[Canard]

"I won't type what I'm thinking about what you said. What I will say is that our Marines that fought for us in Falluja, all of them the ones that lived, died, and were just injured did an OUTSTANDING JOB for AMERICA."

Well, I can't say I've read the book in question, but nothing in the article linked suggests that it says anything contrary to what you believe.

I have read jmc1969's post that you are replying to and honestly cannot see where you think he has done so either.

[Allegra]

THE persistence of the insurgency media's distorted reporting in Iraq has divided America in a way not seen since Vietnam.