Comments on: Newsweek: Is Bush covering up news of decreasing Iraqi casualties?

By: dogsoldier

dogsoldier — Wed, 24 Oct 2007 10:53:09 +0000

I agree with those that say Bush can’t win with the LSM whatever he does, but the news -does- speak for itself and the Libtards grumble more and become more shrill each passing day.

The Dimwits have lost and they know it.

By: Seixon

Seixon — Wed, 24 Oct 2007 07:21:30 +0000

I believe Mr. Hersh has been peddling his wet dream about the bombing of Iran since 2004. Scott Ritter piled on in 2005, stating that an attack would happen that summer. Meh.

By: Black Adam

Black Adam — Wed, 24 Oct 2007 05:23:10 +0000

*BDS…not BSD

Bush Derrangement Syndrome….not Battlestaff Directive

By: Black Adam

Black Adam — Wed, 24 Oct 2007 05:18:18 +0000

The tide is turning in the media after months of success, yet many still find reason to fault Bush.

BSD has many levels of venom.

By: TallDave

TallDave — Wed, 24 Oct 2007 04:30:29 +0000

The Sadr move doesn’t surprise me, but it’s among the best news really. It means Sadr has put his finger to the wind and decided playing politics is now the best route to power, not violence.

By: CliffHanger

CliffHanger — Wed, 24 Oct 2007 01:50:33 +0000

Looks like we have a new Magnificent Bastard in Gen. Patreus.

This war is lost.

- H. Reid

By: MB4

MB4 — Wed, 24 Oct 2007 01:30:48 +0000

It is always wise to let sleeping dogs lie.

As far as Iraq is concerned the news medias coverage of it is napping anyway.

Bush would have to be very foolish to wake it up.

With Iraq, no news is the best news.

By: TallDave

TallDave — Wed, 24 Oct 2007 00:49:05 +0000

Also, I’ll make the point again that these local militias can’t just go attacking the Iraqi Army the way they do the Americans and British. Iraqis love the IA and it consistently ranks at the top of the institutions they respect (we are not near the top of that list).

And anyways, the IA aren’t going anywhere; the Ameriki and their allies will go home someday but the IA are home. Even if it was politically viable for the militias to engage the Iraqi Army, they lack both the military training (they are generally spray-n-prayers) and the hardware (no APCs, no tanks) to go head-to-head with the Iraqi Army.

By: TallDave

TallDave — Wed, 24 Oct 2007 00:43:13 +0000

Consider that the article only makes sense if one assumes that Bush’s priority is to go to war with someone, anyone, and you understand the media’s view of him.

By: BadgerHawk

BadgerHawk — Tue, 23 Oct 2007 23:22:53 +0000

Great analysis and a great article by Yon. I think that its best for the White House to keep from pumping this information right now, because one huge car bomb is all it would take for the media to turn it on them. If deals are being made between groups that have been fighting for the past 4 years they’re are most likely shaky at this point, so no need to do anything that might put them at risk. As long as the U.S. keeps taking out the troublemakers and does a good job with the PR (getting the message out that we don’t want to be there any longer than we have to) things should keep moving in the right direction.

The key is going to be giving the Iraqis a certain quality of life for a few months (security, electricity, jobs). Once they get used to it they will start to fight to keep it, no matter what Sadr does.

By: Tony737

Tony737 — Tue, 23 Oct 2007 23:18:19 +0000

No, they just suck at communicating to us

By: Bradky

Bradky — Tue, 23 Oct 2007 22:52:48 +0000

It’s kind of a no win for him to comment. the minute he does he probably realizes that someone will blow up a hundred people to show he is wrong.
If some deal is in the works it is likely it won’t be divulged for some time.

By: WWIII

WWIII — Tue, 23 Oct 2007 22:37:53 +0000

It’s best that Bush lay low and let the facts speak for themselves. The Democrats are going to chase their tails in an effort to spin the facts to make the war seem like it is either (a) getting worse, or (b) never worth getting into, no matter the outcome.

I think Bush has learned his lesson from the “Mission Accomplished” banner.

As the surge proves itself more and more successful, Republicans are more and more guaranteed of a success next November.

By: RightWinged

RightWinged — Tue, 23 Oct 2007 22:30:16 +0000

Bush isn’t pumping the good news, because it has the potential to come back and bite him in the ass. It has NOTHING to do with Iran. Further, if he talks up good news, then the Dems stand to lose political ground, which will cause them to start pushing votes on more “non-binding resolutions” and screaming that Bush is a traitor, etc. etc. because their entire campaign relies on death and chaos in Iraq. They need (and hope for) this war to go badly, so if Bush were to push good news, they’d push back 10 times harder, which in turn emboldens the enemy who says “hey, the Democrats promise that if we just step up the violence, they’ll surrender when they win next year’s election!”

By: Tennessee Dave

Tennessee Dave — Tue, 23 Oct 2007 22:23:59 +0000

If President Bush could prove without a doubt that he personally invented a cure for all forms of cancer–the MSM would decry all the health care workers he put out of a job. Sometimes you just can win.

By: RushBaby

RushBaby — Tue, 23 Oct 2007 22:19:35 +0000

Thoughtful analysis.

By: Defector01

Defector01 — Tue, 23 Oct 2007 22:14:29 +0000

If there’s any way to blame bush for anything the MSM will take it regardless of how moronic and asinine it is