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2006-06-27 Iraq

U.S. and Iraq Take Ramadi A Neighborhood at a Time

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Posted by tipper 2006-06-27 13:57|| || Front Page|| [3 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 What a horrifically slanted and biased article. Sole purpose: demoralize.

Dexter Filkins can kiss my extra-hairy ass.

The NYT is a nest of enemy agents. War is war and this is the worst, most inanely terrorist sympathetic, tripe they could spin.

I hate the security leak sedition, but this - this makes me want to go off-radar and handle these traitors personally.

Posted by Fliger Unavirong3232 2006-06-27 14:45|| 2006-06-27 14:45|| Front Page Top

#2 I think pretty much most red state and military types are wanting to kill most of the NYT staff. Slowly. A inch at a time.

Posted by DarthVader 2006-06-27 14:51|| 2006-06-27 14:51|| Front Page Top

#3 get past the first two paragraphs.

This a good news article. Iraqi forces are there in numbers, and are working effectively. The locals respect the Iraqi forces. The op is working, and shows promise of finally holding Ramadi.

Im surprised anyone from the Times other than John Burns would write something this positive.

Im not quite sure whats got y'alls knickers in a twist. That he indicates that much of Ramadi is out of coalition control? Hell, thats a fact. That he indicates the locals dont like Americans much? This is Ramadi folks, not Kirkuk or Najaf - its also a fact. That he leaves out the context that other parts of Anbar are in better shape - well he actually is IN Ramadi, though i can see where it COULD be deliberate spin.

Or that he leads with US casualties? Which, though real, hardly would seem to be the most newsworthy thing about whats going in Ramadi - if id written it, Id certainly have included that, but not opened the article with it.

But look, he had to get it past the editors in NY. And the lead may just get some folks who are skeptics of what we're doing to actually read the article - when they read down and see how the Iraqi army is actually effective they will be in for a shock. Maybe this is MORE effective for us than something on Fox, that only the already converted actually watch.

Posted by liberalhawk 2006-06-27 15:10|| 2006-06-27 15:10|| Front Page Top

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