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2005-09-14 Iraq-Jordan

US widens operations against insurgents in northern Iraq

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Posted by Dan Darling 2005-09-14 00:14|| || Front Page|| [1 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 MSM speak.

President Jalal Talabani, meanwhile, said in Washington that Iraq would Â¿not set a timetable for the withdrawal of US troops, declaring at a news conference with President George W. Bush that the American force still was needed? Â¿The Bush administration is under Â¿Â¿increasing pressure?? at home to set a date to begin pulling out the 140,000 US troops. ?

Who? What? Where? When? Why? and throw in a How?
Even if they followed the the basic rule, they'd lie anyway.

Posted by Red Dog 2005-09-14 01:25|| 2005-09-14 01:25|| Front Page Top

#2 RD - when did we pull our troops from Germany? Still there 60 years later. Given that the EUs and associated crooks have participated in Iranian nuclear capacity for the last decade, we're going to be in Iraq in some force for the exact same reason we faced off over the Soviets for decades in Germany. Or are little brown men less worthy of freedom than the former master race?

Posted by Elmeamp Spomoque1135 2005-09-14 09:13|| 2005-09-14 09:13|| Front Page Top

#3 Good catch Red Dog. The MSM can't resist the "Meanwhile back at the BatCave" slant. Your right, the "Basic Rules" of journalism have been abandoned for the more eye catching conflict frame.

Checkout a recent WaPo quote: Talabani's statement has the potential to put Bush in a difficult position if the troops are not pulled out by year's end, since critics are certain to ask why U.S. soldiers cannot come home when Iraq's own president says they can.

I can already hear the echo.

Posted by DepotGuy 2005-09-14 10:36|| 2005-09-14 10:36|| Front Page Top

#4 ..I truly HOPE that someday I get a chance to meet COL McMaster. As a captain he was the victor at 73 Easting, he's run up another incredible record here, and I see an E-ring office in his future.

Mike

Posted by Mike Kozlowski 2005-09-14 20:34|| 2005-09-14 20:34|| Front Page Top

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