State of the Middle East

and US foreign policy, in general..

Current sidereal news is discovering:

The UN Oil for Food scandal is worse than even thought
- indeed it's far from the only corruption scandal inside that organization.
- Yet the Dems and the MSM in general are against confirming Bolton, one of the few who has the backbone and will to clean up the UN.

US media has indeed been played by anti-US factions in the Iraq war specifically and the entire middle east in general. Starting with doctored photos and ending with totally false reports of dead civilians from non-existant raids by coalition and Iraqi forces.
- Lexis/Nexis Research done on past 'news' articles attributes a fictional Iraqi official who no one in the Iraq government seems to have ever heard of, in many articles in many sources.. but primarily AP.

Saddams WMD programs did indeed exist throughout the entire run-up and only incidentally referrd to when the NY Times can complain that the administration allows the evidence of same to be published on the net.
- When Joe Wilson was proven a liar {yellow-cake}, that didnt show up anywhere in the mainstream news. When a career State Dept wonk was found to be the source of 'Plame-Gate' we heard nothing but a faint Emily Litella mea culpa.
- The MSM never investigated multiple reports from multiple sources, to say nothing of early speculation by their own writers, that Saddam's WMDs were moved to Syria.

When Condi Rice attempts to apply 'reasonable and diplomatic' measures, the only group to notice is the 'right wing' blogosphere.. to complain about it.
- barely a whisper of "Bush Admin is finally doing the right thing'. Of course that is NOT the 'right thing' but you'd think someone would acknowledge it.

Current news that Dubya wants to 'engage Iran' conjures a smirk in the reporting of it. But not for the same reason as mine.
- Believe me, if the MSM had done a cold dry look at the options on Iran, it would realistically have pointed to success in Iraq as the ONLY viable option to counter Iran.
- How does that compare to the complaints that Dubya wont do a 1 v 1 with North Korea? When Iran does explode a nuke, it will largely have been the work of N Korea that makes it happen.

 

Do you have a rebuttal for any of the above?

Other than to jab me in the ribs.. and complain about my 'head in the sand' comments?

Let me make it perfectly clear... Republicans lost, Democrats won... they are essentially at the reins.

HOWEVER I trust the vast majority of our elected officials to do the right thing to protect the US, no matter their party or their side-gigs on domestic issues or 'bakshish'.

Same as I trusted Bill Clinton. Unfortunately, he was hindered both by distractions in his personal life and a cabinet who believed in pushing the problem forward, so as not to have to deal with it.

I'm pretty sure the responsibilities of leadership will sober the previous 'squeal for effect' on the part of the elected.

 

On the doctored photos and phony stories, it's there... it's been proved... you just wont read about it in the head or lede of the MSM.

#3 is so far out in ostrich land I cant even go there.. I pointed out the end result, you wont admit it. NO ONE -not even schmuck Armitage- compromised ANYONE'S security in 'Plame gate... PERIOD!!!! Nothing i can do further.

Either do your research on your own or follow links when I provide them

YOUR KIND complain when I do that.

There I said it..

 

"success in Iraq", "achieve victory", "no alternative but to win", "we must beat the bad guys and evil doers"

Don, you mean it isn't clear??

No, not to me either. But apparently all the unrest is caused by Al Queda trying to stir things up. Nothing to do with sectarian violence, retribution, religious wars, or centuries of ethnic divisions. Nope, nothing at all. BuSh said so.

Has anyone else noticed the, "oops, I think I crapped myself" look on BuSh's face these days. That's because, Mr. President sir, you have shit the bed on your Iraq plan (or lack thereof). Now it will take years, if not decades, to clean this mess up.

Shame on you! Next time just go use the potty like my 3 year old does.

 

Nice diatribe....

Wonder why you guys bother?

How about you answer thosememes yourself. Tell you what... if the place cannot be put in some semblance of order.. then why the hell are we letting their people into this country?