MEDIA: INSURGENCY LIKELY OVER NOW THAT "SUPREME" LEADER ZARQAWI ELIMINATED

[Halliburton]

they are also saying that the violence will likely die down now that the "supreme" leader of the insurgency is gone! wow, I feel so relieved that the media is reporting this. they've been right on so many other occasions in regards to iraq.

[RagingInMiami]

1. Maybe now is when they'll greet us with roses

[Caution]

2. LOL. If they report that it will look pretty bad for them and Bush

when the insurgency continues at the same pace.

[Jeffersons Ghost]

3. or if the "pace" increases from a dead Martyr

[Halliburton]

5. that's basically what they're saying

some general guy on msnbc said that the insurgency is now in disarray now that their leader is gone. and they wouldn't be able to replace him. excuse me, but when did zarqawi become leader of the insurgency? he was leader of one group that was sensationalized by the US military.

[The Magistrate]

4. It Will Not Make The Slightest Difference, Sir

"Leaders" in such activities are like shark's teeth; when one is broken off, several are already pressing forward to take his place....

[mtnester]

24. Like a lizard growing a new tail

This may actually increase activity....wonder how egg on face tastes, or will the main stream media act like they never said this at all.

Betcha we see revisionist history happen before the week is out.

[Zomby Woof]

32. Or as our forebears in Ancient Greece knew...

You cut off one head of the hydra, two more are ready to take its place.

[kentuck]

36. Excellent analogy, Magistrate...

Very good! :)

[originalpckelly]

6. I say we tape all those bullshit comments about this all being...

over and play them back in a month or two. That way we can show how little these people understand the beast we are fighting.

You decapitate it, and it grows another head. You have to starve the beast to really kill it.

[onenote]

28. it'll be a short tape

Not many are making those kinds of comments from what I've seen/heard

[kahleefornia]

7. Was he ever "Al Quaeda's #2"?

Who is the new #2?

[rocktivity]

8. And exactly what does have Al-Qaeda HAVE to do with the insurgency?

What with private contractors and mercenaries getting all the big bucks, no water or electricity 24/7, and troops shooting innocent civilians, the Iraq citizenry has needed no outside encouragement to join the insurgency?

:crazy:
rocknation

[MadHound]

9. Let's see, didn't they say this when they caught Saddam?

And when Iraq first elected a government, and when they wrote a Constitution, etc. etc. ad nauseum.

And again, we'll look back at this media frenzy in couple of years when we're still getting our ass handed to us in Iraq, and shake our head sadly.

Yay, another "Mission Accomplished" moment:eyes:

[Jacobin]

13. Why, yes, I believe they did!!

[spanone]

10. I haven't heard that! I've heard that the violence will continue.

[DinahMoeHum]

11. Turning Point #434. . .

:evilgrin:

[Jacobin]

12. Bwaaahahahahaha

NewPravda....new and fucking IMPROVED Pravda!!!!

:rofl:


:rofl:

[LeftNYC]

14. You mean the guy who couldnt fix his gun? nt

[Rosemary2205]

37. You mean his AMERICAN pos gun??

[muriel_volestrangler]

15. Really? These are the commentary pieces I find on the websites

CNN: Al-Zarqawi death seen as one victory in long war Thousands of insurgency groups still at work in Iraq

ABC: Ex-Terror Czar: al-Zarqawi Death Won't Speed End of Iraq War 'Symbol of Terror' in Iraq Controlled Only Small Percentage of Insurgents

There are some who are pushing the Bush propaganda, though:

Security politics
The Washington Post writes that Zarqawi’s killing “is the most significant public triumph for the U.S.-led coalition since the 2003 capture of Saddam Hussein.”

The New York Times: “The announcement of Zarqawi's death, shortly before noon today in Baghdad, appeared to mark a major watershed in the war.”

The AP notes that the development "comes at a time of trouble in Bush's presidency. It is uplifting news for the president whose popularity has been weighed down by waning public confidence in his handling of the war in Iraq."

A senior US official long involved in the hunt for Zarqawi tells NBC’s Bob Windrem that the real value of today's attack may be ending Zarqawi's "world-wide ambitions." The official said that if, as reported, seven of Zarqawi's associates were killed with him, it could means that the US has "decapitated" Zarqawi's "command structure" at a time when his ambitions were on the rise.

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/3626796/

It seems to be the print media that's cheerleading for Bush more.

[Hubert Flottz]

16. BUSHIT!

They wish!

All the other things that they promised us about Iraq were lies too...

[alcibiades_mystery]

17. I haven't heard one media source say this

In fact, they are all saying precisely the opposite.

Stop making shit up.

[Halliburton]

18. some general guy

just said that the insurgency was in disarray now that their "leader" was eliminated and that it would take a long time to recover from this. and he wasn't referring to al qaeda in iraq either. it was on msnbc

[alcibiades_mystery]

19. You should attribute it to one know-nothing "general guy"

The "media" is saying nothing of the kind.

[Halliburton]

22. soledad o'brien

was trying to convince joe biden that the insurgency was over in her interview with him. in her interview with nick berg's father she tried to demonstrate to him that "democracy" really was working as a result of zarqawi's death.

[alcibiades_mystery]

23. She most certainly did not

She asked him if it was, and he said no.

Get a hold of yourself.

[onenote]

20. "some general guy" = the "Media"

Doing our stretches this morning aren't we...

[Halliburton]

25. soledad o'brien got the memo

as did matt lauer who were touting this as a big victory.

[onenote]

27. transcript of O'Brien/Berg interview

http://www.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/meast/06/08/berg.interview/index.html

[The_Casual_Observer]

38. The news anchors are all asking loaded/leading questions

like that, however the experts aren't biting.

[ContraBass Black]

21. Ha ha ha ha ha ha ha!

Okay then, put all the soldiers on the planes and fly them home.

EDIT: Did somebody say this, or is it a joke?

[warrens]

26. Which media? I heard just the opposite

That it was a significant propaganda victory for the U.S., but will have no effect on the real insurgency, since they had little or nothing to do with him.

[librechik]

29. this is the opposite of what Tony Snow was saying

he said the insurgents will want to prove they are still strong, and it will still be a long slog.

Where is the media coming up with this shit?

[MallRat]

30. Who is saying this?

Go ahead. Let them raise expectations. Just another display of the media's (and the neocons') fundamental inability to understand the mechanics of global terrorism.

Decapitation hurts, but DOESN'T STOP TERRORIST ORGANIZATIONS. Organizations like Al Qaeda are decentralized, comprised of multiple independent moving parts. It's like a friggin' hydra- you can't cut off one head and declare victory.

Once again, they fall into the conceit of assuming that Al Qaeda operates in the same fashion as a political state. It doesn't. That's why invading Iraq made absolutely no sense in the War on Terror.

Is the world a better place without Al-Zarqawi? Hell, yeah. But the notion that this is some kind of happy ending is just mindnumbing.

[bikebloke]

31. Mission Accomplished - The Television Series

Tuned in. Right after American Idol.

[Marr]

33. God, that's so intensely stupid.

They can't possibly be dumb enough to believe that, can they? The Iraqi insurgents are part of a popular movement. There is no "supreme leader" for something like this- it's just the population of a country collectively saying, "fuck you". Zarqawi's a real guy, but the hype was all from our own government, because they needed a face to put on the Iraqi insurgency, and they needed a target other than bin Laden. Even if he is actually dead this time, it's not going to make a damn bit of difference anyway. And I'll tell you something else- we'll have a *new* Zarqawi bogeyman inside of 2 months. New ad campaign, new fraudulant villain for their fraudulant war.

[alfredo]

34. Now suicide bombers will be shouting his name as they push the button.

[leeroysphitz]

35. Whoever said this is F@cking DREAMING...

This insurgency has been in it's "last throes" for YEARS now...