FULL METAL GLOAT: The mainstream media blew it in Iraq -- big time

World Magazine ^ | April 9, 2003 | Joel Rosenberg

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FULL METAL GLOAT

The mainstream media blew it in Iraq -- big time

By Joel C. Rosenberg, national correspondent, WORLD magazine (www.worldmag.com) (WASHINGTON, D.C., April 9, 2003) -- Take that Peter Arnett! Take that Jacque Chirac! That that all you nay-sayers in the mainstream media!

Just last week, many in the media were saying the Bush administration's plans to liberate Iraq had failed.

Today, Iraqis are cheeing Americans in the streets of Baghdad, and how beautiful are the images of freedom being beamed from an Arab capital.

I just got off the phone with Tim Graham of the Media Research Center. I asked him to assemble as quickly as he could examples of the nay-saying that now looks so pathetic. He and his team are now hard at work doing just that.

Here's an early sample:

Last week, Newsweek gave Vice President Cheney a down arrow: "Tells Meet the Press just before war, 'We will be greeted as liberators.' An arrogant blunder for the ages."

Newsweek gave President Bush a "down" arrow, saying: "Steadfast, but his war cluelessly flings open the gates of hell, making any sort of victory Pyrrhic."

Newsweek also gave Defense Secretary Don Rumsfeld a "down" arrow, saying: "Taking fire from TV retired generals for flawed war plan. And how did you miss the fedayeen?"

What a difference a week makes.

These are the images that are being broadcast all over the world.

The images of Arab Muslims thanking President Bush.

Waving the American flag.

Cheering in the streets.

Praising God -- and us -- for setting them free.

[princess leah]

When IS the TICKER TAPE PARADE? Man, we need to CELEBRATE ~ BIG TIME!!!!!

[RandallFlagg]

You're telling me! I made a couple of new signs to harass the peaceniks on Saturday. One says, "Hey Peaceniks, Got Guilt?" and the other side reads, "Today is laugh at a peacenik day!" I'll get pics up at this link after I'm done.