Great analysis.
When the citizenry starts holding these media dhoosh bag journo hacks accountable by stringing them up in town square and pelting them with rotting produce...we’ll have a more geniune and honest media...but until then they’ll spin their lies at the cost of our lives...
The Media didn’t cause the loss, but the Bush Administration chickening out.
Iraq is just one of the many things the Bush Administration does, starts with a bunch of big talk, gets everybody committed and then jumps ship halfway through and leaves a mess. They did this to the Federal Budget, they did this in Afghanistan, they did this to the pro-life cause, they did this in the border fence.
Remember this simple mantra: The American media is the enemy. They are not our friends and no amount of smiling, living with us, sharing our food, facilities or transportation will ever make them our friends. They can not be trusted for one second once out of sight and they will stab you in the back at the first oportunity, regardless of what has happened to that point.
They want to be our enemy and now they are our enemy.
The Drive By Media on the side of the enemy???
I’m shocked!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Great analysis.
But, it was very obvious from the beginning that the left-wing media wasn’t going to allow any successes by our armed forces for which Bush could then take any credit. “Mission Accomplished” anyone?
But, it’s become quite clear that whenever we, the U.S., undertakes any kind of foreign policy initiative, military or political or otherwise, that we will be confronted by at least two enemies: the enemy abroad and the domestic MSM. Especially the left-wing media and more especially if the administration in charge happens to be republican.
The battle was lost the moment the President began reading media reports, rather than battlefied reports.
Second, leaving al Sadr alive was the dumbest single decision made in 2004.
Just my opinion. Had the President played ‘to win’ rather than ‘not to lose’ from 04 to November, 2006, we wouldn’t have Pelosi as Speaker, Reid as SML, and troops still engaged in daily combat today.
Just my opinion.
Can’t speak to the politics behind the scenes but my understanding is that the Marines were sent in the first time without a large enough force.
Does anyone remember that?
Am I the only person that remembers Arc Light raids?
The old saw - Willie Peter will make you a believer.
We went to Iraq with way too few troops, did not add more until it was almost too late.
I am not a Rummy fan and I have learned to keep my opinions about Bush (both of ‘em) to myself.
There were just too few Marines to do the job on the first fight.