I'm just sick of the shit journalism, as well as the lack of change.
I read articles from three years ago, and nothing has changed except the "REPORTING" GETTING WORSE!!!!
I won't be purchasing the Zionist-controlled shitrags anymore!
"Gates raises prospect of more troop cuts" by Robert Burns/Associated Press September 15, 2007
WASHINGTON --Defense Secretary Robert Gates used his news conference to launch an attack on efforts by Democrats to force Bush to change course in Iraq by imposing new restrictions on how the Pentagon uses or manages the armed forces.
Gates was particularly pointed in his criticism of a proposal by Sen. James Webb, D-Va., to require that troops be given as much time at their home station as on deployments to the war front. Today, active-duty Army units are on 15-month deployments with a promise of no more than 12 months rest, and Marines who spend seven or more months at war sometimes get six months or less at home.
Gates said that while he believed such proposals are well-intentioned, they have serious flaws. He said, for example, that Webb's amendment, if enacted, would force him to consider again extending tours in Iraq.
"We would have to accept gaps in capability as units that rotate home aren't replaced right away for periods perhaps of weeks," Gates said. It also might put troops' lives in greater danger by reducing opportunities for incoming units to get acquainted with their responsibilities by working for a few weeks with outgoing units, he said.
"The other message that I worry that some of the amendments send is that it sends a signal to potential adversaries that we're stretched so thinly and that we are so strained that we cannot adequately respond to crises elsewhere in the world," Gates said. "And that's not a correct view, if others should take it, but it is a worry."
In a visit to the Marine base at Quantico, Va., on Friday, Bush said commanders in Iraq would "have the flexibility and the troops needed to achieve the mission," and he urged Congress to heed the advice of Gen. David Petraeus, the top U.S. commander in Iraq, not to withdraw too speedily. "I also expect the Congress to support our men and women in uniform and their families," Bush said.
Gates opened the Pentagon news conference with an appeal for a bipartisan consensus on a way forward in Iraq."
[Then he proceeded to rip them for anything they want to do!
In other words, accept what the administration wants, no questions asked.
Yup, AmeriKa's "news reporting."
Pfffffffffftttttttttt!!!!!!]
Here is what my "newspaper" cut from the piece:
"The consequences of American failure in Iraq at this point would, I believe, be disastrous not just for Iraq but for the region, for the United States and for the world," Gates said. "No discussion of where and how we go from here can avoid this stark reality."
Gates also said he saw early signs that Shiites in Iraq may be starting to turn against Shiite extremists in the Mahdi Army who have gone too far with their violent ways -- in the same way that a growing number of ordinary Sunnis have revolted against Sunni extremists to bring a new peace to Anbar province.
If the troop reductions through July 2008 that Bush has approved are carried out fully, the U.S. force in Iraq may be larger by several thousand troops that it was when Bush's troop buildup began early this year. That is because at least some of the roughly 8,500 support troops that went with 21,500 extra combat troops between February and June are likely to be kept in place, officials said."
[But the press reports it on the front-page as reductions.
Just accepts the WH script sheet and reads it or writes it!
So the message of the piece was FURTHER TROOP CUTS, said Gates!!!
Got that 180-degree shit bowl of MSM truth to eat, reader?
Then CHOW UP!!!!]
"Mr. Gates called the proposal “well-intentioned,” but said it might require extending tours of units already in Iraq, calling up additional National Guard and Reserve troops, and making other adjustments that “would further stress the force and reduce its combat effectiveness.”
“The complexity of managing the flow of units, individuals and capabilities to two active combat theaters is enormous and does not lend itself to simplistic, or to simple, legislative prescriptions,” Mr. Gates said at a briefing with Gen. Peter Pace, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff. “The cumulative effect of these kinds of things, we think, would, frankly, increase the risk to our men and women in uniform over there.”
[Yeah, not keeping them over there longer is a risk to them!!
You get that, Orwell?]
There were signs on Friday that Mr. Bush’s address might have succeeded in shifting some sentiment. The Washington Post’s editorial page, which has clung to a middle ground on the war, described Mr. Bush’s strategy as “the least bad plan” and one that would be “less risky than the alternatives.” Nielsen Media Research reported Friday night that the president’s speech drew a combined 28.8 million viewers across nine broadcast networks and cable channels (New York Times September 15, 2007)."
[Oh, well, if the Washington Post approves, oh, well, who can question that?
You shit papers were all for us getting into this god-forsaken, abominable war, right?
Then, FUCK OFF, you DIARRHEA-SPEWING ELITE SHITTERS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!]
And did you know the stoo-pid stinkshit DemocraPs have been eating shit for a year, too, reader?
"In Report, White House Offers Mixed Review of Progress by Iraqi Leaders" by STEVEN LEE MYERS
WASHINGTON, Sept. 14 — The White House on Friday released a decidedly mixed report on efforts by Iraq’s fractious leadership to make military and political progress — and then in effect declared the report beside the point.
Coming out a day after President Bush argued that success in Iraq would allow him to begin withdrawing some American troops, the report found that Iraqi leaders had satisfactorily met half of 18 “benchmarks” that Congress had mandated during its debate this year over whether to finance an increase in the American force in Iraq.
The White House report, released with little fanfare, declared that seven other benchmarks had not been met or had only partially been met. Progress in two other areas — enacting an amnesty and creating a plan to disarm militias — could not yet be fully assessed, according to the report.
[And COVERED AS SUCH, too!!!!
See how the shit MSM CHOOSES what to COVER?!!
Yesterday it was ALL O.J.!!!!!!
Pfffffffftttttt!!!!!!]
The report seemed an afterthought, as the administration more or less changed the subject.
[Yup, all with the SELECTED HELP of the "newspapers!!!!!"]
It argued that measurements concocted in offices in Washington did not adequately reflect recent improvements on the ground in Iraq. “Our efforts extend far beyond these benchmarks,” the 28-page report said.
[Yeah, so those benchmarks they sold the Congress?
They were MADE of SHIT!!!
EAT UP, CONGRESS!!!!
Ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-!!!!!!]
An administration official said Friday that the White House hoped to scrap the benchmark exercise altogether and simply rely on the American commander in Iraq, Gen. David H. Petraeus, and the ambassador to Iraq, Ryan C. Crocker, to make a new progress report to Congress in March.
[Shitmarks served the purpose, didn't they?
Gave Bush what he wanted 'till the end of his presidency -- which could go a LOT LONGER than Jan 2009!!!!!]
The current benchmarks “won’t be very relevant in March,” the administration official said, speaking on condition of anonymity because the White House had not yet negotiated the matter with Congress.
[So what?
Congress is enjoying a healthy bowl of shit, so don't interrupt them!!!!]
Mr. Bush, speaking briefly in Quantico, Va., after having lunch with marines, did not answer a reporter’s question about the benchmarks. Vice President Dick Cheney also took to the road to promote the administration’s war strategy and, in an appearance at the Gerald R. Ford Museum in Grand Rapids, Mich., seemed to belittle the importance of benchmarks, along with that of public opinion and the administration’s political opponents.
[Yup, NO ONE MATTERS to the DICTATOR and HIS ADMINISTRATION!!!
WAKE the FUCK UP, Amurka!!!!!
WAAAAKE UUUUUPPPPPP!!!!!]
“President Bush will make his decisions based on the national interest and nothing else — not by artificial measures, not by political calculations, certainly not by poll numbers,” Mr. Cheney said.
[And you better Sig Heil, or you'll end up in a Halliburton Labor Camp!!!!]
The administration emphasized “encouraging signs that point the way to a more normalized and sustainable level of U.S. engagement in Iraq.”
[Never leaving, and yet the press hollers withdrawal and drawdown!!!!
What diarrhea-shitting liars!!!]
In the weeks leading up to President Bush’s address to the nation on Thursday night, the administration repeatedly played down the significance of the benchmarks.
[Even though the shitmarks WERE THEIR OWN SHITMARKS!!!
What a GREAT GAME they got going!!!
LYING TO and FUCKING the Amurkn people, with acquiescent help from the SHIT MSM!!!!]
The report acknowledged that its metrics did not accurately reflect political life in Baghdad.
“There is no amnesty law,” the report said in one of several similar arguments, “and yet immunity is being granted to many former insurgents, who in turn are being recruited to join legitimate security institutions.”
[Yeah, even if we failed on the shitmark, we still SUCCEEDED!!!!
Wake up, Orwell, you gotta see this!]
"Behind an Antiwar Ad, a Powerful Liberal Group" by MICHAEL LUO and JEFF ZELENY
There is no mistaking the influence of MoveOn.org, with its 3.2 million members and powerful fund-raising apparatus, within the Democratic Party. This liberal activist group has come to occupy a prominent seat at the table among the party elite.
[Yeah, the Moveon players!!!
The Times ever point how how much influence and money that AIPAC has on our politics? Do a feature on them?
The influence of the American Enterprise Institute on war policy?
Ever do a feature on the creatures from the Project for the New American Century?
No, it's just the big, bad liberals and their IMPOTENT anti-war influence!!
This is why the Times is shit, and why I'm done with them for good!]
“It’s good for the Democrats to have an engaged and vocal left,” said Jenny Backus, a Democratic strategist in Washington. “It’s something the Republicans have benefited from in the last couple campaign cycles. It allows Democrats to look moderate. A vocal left keeps the party from drifting toward triangulation.”
[And being a wishy-washy, roll-over-so-I-can-get-poked-in-the-ass DemocraP is A GOOD THING, according to little Miss Airhead here!]
Democratic leaders in Congress and presidential campaigns said they winced when they saw the MoveOn advertisement. Several Democratic officials said privately that the advertisement had been counterproductive.
[Because whether it is DemocraP or Repuglican, it is ONE PARTY -- the party of WAR and AIPAC!!!!]
They said MoveOn had handed Republicans a fresh talking point to criticize Democrats and turn the focus from Iraq in a critical week in the war debate.
Senator John Kerry, Democrat of Massachusetts, said on MSNBC that the advertisement was “simply over the top, and I think it’s inappropriate, period.”
Ms. Pelosi said on “Good Morning America” on ABC that she “would have preferred that they not do such an ad.”
[That's the great Nancy Pelosi, folks!!!
The "IMPEACHMENT IS OFF THE TABLE" Pelosi, when over 50% of the public wants it!!!!!
I will be glad when Pelosi gets dumped after only two years!!!!
Hope you enjoyed the BRIEF STAY, DemocraPs!!!!!!!!
I'm going back to Republicans, even if that means George Bush forever!!!!!!!!!
Because YOU FAILED, DemocraPs!!!!
You DID NOT CHECK THIS PRESIDENT!!!!
You GAVE HIM EVERYTHING HE WANTED -- and MORE!!!!!
So, GOODBYE, DemocraPs!!!!]
Several officials said even though the text of in the advertisement might be over the top, public sentiment shared a frustration over the war. Officials said they did not want to play into the Republican Party’s hands or anger MoveOn members."
[Yup, don't play into their hands!!!
Just let them FUCK YOU IN THE ASS FOREVER!!!
Chomp down on that shit-bit, DemocraPs!!!!]
"Antiwar Ad Prompts Dispute" b y KATHARINE Q. SEELYE
An advertisement by MoveOn.org in The New York Times on Monday has become the focus of a rancorous political dispute that has now rippled through the presidential campaign.
[And WHO DECIDES THAT?
The PRESS decides what to COVER!
Apparently, Bush's lies and excuses are unimportant; this DIVERSIONARY FASCIST SHIT IS!!!!!]
Most of the Democratic candidates for president have also avoided criticizing MoveOn.org’s advertisement, except Senator Joseph R. Biden Jr. of Delaware. He said of the suggestion that the general had betrayed the country: "I don’t buy into that. This is an honorable guy. He’s telling the truth."
[Yeah, mass-murdering killers are honorable indeed, especially in AmeriKa!
Hell, WE WORSHIP THEM!!!!]
Here are some assertions in the MoveOn.org advertisement:
[Oh, so the Times will do a FACT CHECK on Moveon, and yet PRINT BUSH'S LIES VERBATIM with a POSITIVE SPIN!!!
It has been going on all week, reader, and why I'm not doing this anymore!]
¶“Every independent report on the ground situation in Iraq shows that the surge strategy has failed.” The group’s back-up material, on its Web site, points to three reports, which are highly critical of the strategy but do not say that it has failed. A report from the Government Accountability Office on Sept. 5, for example, said that the Iraqi government had not met 11 of its 18 benchmarks and that violence remained high, but it also said “progress” had been made in several areas, and did not conclude that the surge had failed.
[Does Bush ever get a "but?"
This is absolutely enraging, this kind of shit journalism!]
¶“We may hear of a plan to withdraw a few thousand American troops,” MoveOn.org said. The White House has proposed a drawdown of about 30,000 troops by next summer, with the first few thousand out by the end of this year. That would still leave more than 130,000 troops.
[Yup, like the WH plan is in stone, so Moveon must have been misleading you!!!
Bush take any troops out of Iraq, yet?
Numbers have just increased the whole time, haven't they?
Once again, shit journalism that is PROMOTING a CERTAIN WORLD VIEW and PUSHING an AGENDA!!!]
¶“But we won’t hear what Americans are desperate to hear: a timetable for withdrawing all our troops,” MoveOn’s advertisement said. In a New York Times/CBS News poll last week, 64 percent of Americans said the United States should set a timetable for withdrawing troops sometime in 2008. But only 30 percent favored troop reductions or withdrawal if it meant that Iraq would become a base of operations for terrorists."
[Yeah, so the PUBLIC is REALLY IN FAVOR of STAYING, as the TIMES "POLL" TELLS YOU, lefty-shits!!!
Fucking SPECIAL INTEREST ANTI-WARS that got WAY MORE INFLUENCE than AIPAC, huh?
Saw on Hardball some ex-military flak saying that Moveon should sit down and shut up!!!
That is what we are fighting for, right? Our way of life?
So sick of this fascist shit, and when Bush declares martial law, no Dem is going to stand against him -- they are going to CHEER HIM!!
WAKE UP, Amurka, and SMELL YOUR SHITTY PRESS CORP, too!!!!
As for violence in Iraq, apparently only the sheik has died in the past three days, even though about 35 people are being killed every day -- on the rise over the summer -- and the number of Iraqis killed by the surge is around 300 per day, 10,000 per month!
But I did find these gems to put more lies to shame!
"Mourners vow revenge at sheik's funeral" by David Rising/Associated Press September 14, 2007
BAGHDAD -- Iraqi officials said the roadside bomb was just outside Abu Risha's walled compound in view of a guard shack and an Iraqi police checkpoint. That raised suspicion that the killing may have been an inside job, the officials said, speaking on condition of anonymity because the information is sensitive.
[WTF?
The "Al-CIA-Duh" bomb was RIGHT ACROSS the STREET from a U.S. military base?
HOW COULD WE NOT HAVE SEEN SOMEONE? STINK!!!!
A real STINK!!!!! ]
Here is the "sectarian stink" lie:
During open-air Friday prayers in the streets of Baghdad's Shiite slum Sadr City, a stronghold of anti-American cleric Muqtada al-Sadr, Imam Muhannad al-Gharawi blamed the assassination on the government's inability to secure Iraq.
"The Iraqi people have lost trust with this government and killings are still going on -- the latest is the assassination of the Anbar Awakening Council leader," he told thousands of worshippers. "Everyone is threatened with death in this country as long as the American Black House is still giving the orders."
And surprise, surprise, cut from my newspaper:
In violence Friday, a suicide truck bomb hit a police checkpoint near Beiji, 155 miles north of Baghdad, killing four policemen, a Beiji police officer said.
South of Baghdad, gunmen killed three farmers who were taking their turn guarding a village, police said.
Farther south in the city of Hillah, gunmen attacked the home of Col. Hussein Ali Hassoon al Khafaji, an Iraqi army battalion commander, killing a guard and wounding another, police said.
In a helicopter assault west of Baghdad, three suspected insurgents were killed and three American soldiers were injured, the U.S. command said.
Iraqi soldiers led the raid Thursday on a mosque in Karmah, a town in Anbar province, the U.S. military said. The target was a high-ranking al-Qaida in Iraq leader believed responsible for orchestrating murders, sniper attacks and the planting of roadside bombs.
During the operation, people fleeing the mosque fired at American troops, wounding three. U.S. and Iraqi forces retaliated with ground fire and close air support, killing three suspected insurgents, the military said.
The military statement did not say whether the al-Qaida figure was among the dead.
In another raid Thursday, U.S. and Iraqi Special Forces killed a Shiite militiaman believed to be leader of about 25 fighters who had shot mortars and small arms at U.S. forces near Diwaniyah, 80 miles south of Baghdad, the U.S. command said.
During the raid the leader, Najah Al-Agra -- also known as Abu Ali -- aimed his pistol as if to fire and the Iraqi and U.S. troops shot and killed him, the military said.
[That sure smells like an ASSASSINATION!
Just like the "truck accident" of the two dissenting soldiers in Iraq, and the "friendly fire" incident that killed Pat Tillman!]
The Times didn't even bother to post this on it's webline version! Pffft!
"Sheik’s Allies Vow Revenge for His Killing" by ALISSA J. RUBIN
BAGHDAD, Sept. 14 — Elsewhere in Iraq, the sheik was remembered at Friday Prayer at Sunni and Shiite mosques. In Najaf, a city holy to Iraqi Shiites, Sadr al-Deen al-Qubbanchi, a senior Shiite cleric, lauded him as an Iraqi hero. “This leader will remain a symbol of unity of the Shiite and Sunnis, and will remain a symbol of people of Iraq generally and Anbar especially,” he said."
[Wouldn't Shia be happy the guy is dead?
Or is SECTARIANISM ANOTHER LIE in an area where inter-faith marriages have occurred for CENTURIES and the people have lived together?
Is it just ANOTHER COINCIDENCE that the ETHNIC CLEANSING has increased during the SURGE!??
I am SICK of the OMISSIONS, DISTORTIONS, and OUTRIGHT LIES of the Zionist-controlled SHIT WAR DAILIES!!!!
FUCKING PIMPING LIARS!!!!!!
