Comments on: Iraqi PM: Accusation against US troops overplayed?

By: Mike H.

Mike H. — Sun, 04 Jun 2006 16:25:32 +0000

The Democrats shooting themselves in their brain housing group doesn’t help the Republicans turn their hearing aids back on. We’re in the middle of a war and we have a peacetime legislative branch. The executive isn’t doing very good with his border policy either.

The internet is a distributed computing project (witness Seti@Home and Einstein@Home, et al.) We need a project for distributed political guidance.

By: The Therapist

The Therapist — Sun, 04 Jun 2006 04:46:25 +0000

There is always the potential for a backfire here, as normal Americans are not sitting by wanting to hear their boys are bad people–and have it generalized by the actions–albeit alleged actions–of a few. Somehow I feel the same news correspondents that gleefully paint our young men and women as cold-blooded killers are the first to scoff at any galvanized opinions of a certain religion just because 19 of their guys leveled the twin towers.

The momentum will eventually turn against them.

By: dman

dman — Sat, 03 Jun 2006 16:36:05 +0000

Bryan, I agree, but ..

The point of diminishing returns in IRAQ was reached when Saddam’s statue was toppled in April, 2003. We’ve made progress since then, but at increasing cost.

Ignoring what ‘Murthra’ says, perhaps it IS time to consider a Gavin-like approach. Pull troops back to enclaves along the Iranian and Syrian borders. Engage in occasional joint operations with the Iraqi army, on explicit request of their government, to clean out terrorist nests as they pop up. Establish permanent bases in Kurdish, and perhaps Shiite, territory if they will have them. Get out of the policing business, and concentrate on keeping outsiders out.

Reduce direct contact with the locals and hone border control skills that can be used here at home. It’s time.

By: A Blog For All

A Blog For All — Fri, 02 Jun 2006 23:12:43 +0000

The Waiting Game…

If you’re in the media, you can’t wait for a story to unfold, especially one as potentially explosive as the Haditha incident. You’ve got to scoop your competition, work your contacts, and hope for leaks that will produce copy… Or making up the ne…

By: violet

violet — Fri, 02 Jun 2006 19:55:34 +0000

+”There’s a callousness and cold-bloodedness to the anti-war movement’s many lies that’s positively chilling if you give it a second’s thought.”+

Indeed.

By: Hening

Hening — Fri, 02 Jun 2006 19:55:21 +0000

OK, so if there’s a possibility that the US Armed forces think they are under a real and present danger they are shooting first and asking questions later. This is a problem?

When the US Military starts blowing up crowded markets,weddings and schools the NYT might start getting concerned since that’s what the Islamic freedom fighters are doing to win hearts and minds and it could get confusing to report. Just think, they might have to start including the heart wrenching details of the victims even when the bad guys kill innocents instead of just the numbers. If an American soldier makes a mistake we get age, entry point of wound, family history and interviews with close family members and Jihadist eye witnesses. They leave out that these killings are going on in some of the worst rat holes in Iraq.

We haven’t let Patrick Kennedy drive in Baghdad, so what’s the issue about getting reckless?

By: pullingmyhairout

pullingmyhairout — Fri, 02 Jun 2006 19:13:15 +0000

You mean the NYT is being biased? for shame…! What else is new? same old news. move on now.

By: a4g

a4g — Fri, 02 Jun 2006 18:01:44 +0000

Chilling? We’re already 6 years into the new century and socialism is a sorry shadow of the glorious killing machine that posted so many proud accomplishments in the 20th century. I figure we’re at least 4 million dead bodies behind.

And this Iraq War thing is NOT paying off as expected.

A good orgy of blood and violence will go a long way toward proving that today’s “progressive” has what it takes to keep the shine on the family legacy.

By: Defector01

Defector01 — Fri, 02 Jun 2006 17:56:18 +0000

Why is this news or surprising? The New York Times flat out LYING about what someone says in order to defame the American armed forces and Republican government. Say it isn’t so! What a stunner!

Remember when members of the Iraqi government praised american troops? When an Iraqi government officer came to Colorado, to an American army base, and said thank you to the troops? Oh yeah that’s right, it didn’t happen according to the NYT

By: Entelechy

Entelechy — Fri, 02 Jun 2006 17:47:12 +0000

Thank you Brian for exposing the behemoth of the MSM, again.

These are the torch-holders of the ‘progressives’, remember.

Please, all on this board, make an effort to no longer refer to them as ‘progressive’. They support anything but progress.

Sulzberger’s commencement speech this year was a disgrace! He apologized to the graduates for all the unkept promises of the intelligentsia of the 70s.

By: DannoJyd

DannoJyd — Fri, 02 Jun 2006 17:43:31 +0000

Everyone knows that the NYT has declared war on the war effort, President Bush, and American troops. What few seem to know is that the NYT is at war against the very people they want to purchase their rag, and their sales reports reflect that.

Thankfully New York got a cut in anti-terrorist funds. We wouldn’t want to be accused of fighting a non-existant war in their back yard.

Does anyone know how many retractions the NYT’s average per day throughout the year? I’ll bet that number is pretty high. ;o)

By: Richard Davis

Richard Davis — Fri, 02 Jun 2006 17:43:21 +0000

The MSM will lie and exaggerate EVERYTHING the Iraqi Prime Minister says in order to fulfill their anti-Bush anti-military agenda.

The Iraqi Prime Minister will praise our troops and you won’t see or hear a word about it.

The MSM and LIBERALS are the 5th Column – our enemy from within.