If people get their news only from cable news they would think it was Mission Accomplished in Iraq

[NNN0LHI]

No more coverage at all. Except when they have some Republican shill on trying to blame the Dems for us being there. Thats the only coverage I see concerning Iraq lately.

Out of sight out of mind. It must be nice.

The Republican pricks running for president didn't stand with Bush on Iraq for nothing. They knew what was coming. Didn't they?

News blackout from Iraq. I realized what was happening when I seen CNNs Baghdad bureau chief reporting from a soccer game in Australia last week.

Don

[bluerum]

1. Hmm. Interesting. I don't watch TV but this news about the news is news.

Republic shills blaming Dems for Iraq? How on earth do they transmute history to arrive at that position? Are they saying that the dems were willing accomplices via their votes to allow a sitting president to do whatever the fuck he wants in the name of national security? They may have a point there, but besides that I am not sure how they can make that argument.

But, the Baghdad bureau chief reporting from Australia - he must have went to cover Bush's visit a few weeks back and decided to stay.

[NNN0LHI]

4. Scarborough quotes this poll several times each morning as proof the Dems aren't listening to voters

He usually says something like more than 70% of Americans want the Dems to cut funding for the war. But the Dems aren't listening he says. He never says Bush could pull the troops out of Iraq today if he wanted to however. Its all the Dems fault he keeps saying over and over again. He also never mentions that only 3% of Americans want all funding cut. He insinuates that over 70% of Americans want all funding cut. Lot of stupids fall for his BS too.

Don

http://afp.google.com/article/ALeqM5hVXmVmSgbAtmOMu2pep_FKHuNArg

Americans oppose full funding for Iraq war: poll

Oct 2, 2007

WASHINGTON (AFP) — A majority of Americans do not want to give President George W. Bush the 190-billion-dollar he has requested for wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, according to a Washington Post-ABC News poll out Tuesday.

While 27 percent said they would give a green light to the funding, a hefty 43 percent of those surveyed said they wanted the budget for those conflicts reduced sharply; and another 23 percent said they wanted the funding lowered somewhat. Three percent said no funding should be approved and three percent had no opinion, the poll found.

[bluerum]

5. Is he also saying that the republic representatives would never let a bill

that cuts spending go through, and that even if they did it would be vetoed by the mental midget sitting behind the presidents desk?

[NNN0LHI]

7. No he never mentions any of that either

And when he spews this propaganda his co-hosts sit there bobbing their heads up and down in agreement.

Don

[unhappycamper]

2. Mi$$ion Accompli$hed

http://wakeupcall-vfp.blogspot.com/2007/10/numbers.html

[WCGreen]

3. It's a really god thing that not that many people do...

[frogcycle]

6. The violence actually is ebbing

Civilian attacks and deaths are down; US deaths for October stand at 26 through 10/18. That's 1.4/day vs. 4.2 in May.

I'm not saying the media aren't slanted, but there indeed are fewer spectacular stories to cover.

I'm also not saying the surge brought this about, mind you. I never bought the idea that the entire populace would turn into homicidal maniacs. It is probably as much the passage of time, the completion of "ethnic cleansing" in many areas, the changing strategies of Al Sadr and the Sunnis, etc. - things that might well have occurred sooner had we just gotten the hell out a couple of years ago.

[NNN0LHI]

8. Why heck yes the violence is ebbing

When the death squads who were roaming Baghdad unhindered by our military stood down that is the obvious result.

Haven't had any Iraqis dressed in police and army uniforms blowing up any mosques lately either. Word must have come down to lay off the mosques for a while.

Don