Post bungles report on Iraq negotiations.
By on May 3rd, 2007 at 12:55 pm
Post bungles report on Iraq negotiations.
The Washington Post reports today that House and Senate leaders have made “the first major concession” in the Iraq debate: “an agreement to drop their demand for a timeline to bring troops home from Iraq.” It turns out the report is false.
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I can remember when the Washington Post used to be a reputable newspaper.
May 3rd, 2007 at 1:02 pmDamn! Thank god for the internets!
May 3rd, 2007 at 1:05 pmThis story was in the Oakland Tribune this morning. Bet it was in all US newspapers. I knew this smelled of deceit. Makes me really mad. The whole country was mislead intentionally by the GOP operatives at WAPO. The purpose was to make the DEMS look like weenies. It worked. Not with me though as I keep up with real political info provided by sites like this. Thanks!
May 3rd, 2007 at 1:08 pmWe can expect the dis-information leaking machinery to be operating full tilt.
May 3rd, 2007 at 1:09 pmKKKarl is going to have to invest in voice recognition software, ’cause his thumbs are going to lock up soon…………..
When was the last time the Post errored in the Democrats FAVOR? I’ll be it was back when Ben Bradley was still editor. It’s like trying to play a sport in which you know the home team paid off the referees.
May 3rd, 2007 at 1:11 pmI’m a native Washingtonian – I used to love that rag. Pity.
May 3rd, 2007 at 1:20 pmDidn’t the mainstream media run a false story about the House & Senate neutering the first funding bill? What’s the purpose? To divide the Democrats? Isn’t this what they did in Iraq when they wanted to start a civil war?
May 3rd, 2007 at 1:32 pmI wonder if they decided to publish this “news” before the meeting?
May 3rd, 2007 at 1:34 pmSounds like Rupert has purchased the post as well.
May 3rd, 2007 at 1:36 pmAh, Ye Old Washington Post: In the days of yore, back before the neo-conicalization of said newspaper, the WP actually led the investigations and reporting that brought down the Nixon crime family and their awful regime.
Now the WP has become a neoconial mouthpiece, competing, one supposes, with the Moonie rag, the Washington Times, to see who can goosestep the best right along with the Bush crime family… Right-wing lies, smears, distortions, omissions, this is not a “news”-paper, it is a propaganda machine…
Out here in foggy northern California, we are now treated to “green” Pacific Gas & Electric (PG&E) front page ads in the S. F. Chronicle… A few years ago, the corporate propaganda machine Chronicle started with advertizing on the back page of the front section…
Another dismal part of newspaper advertizing these days are those stupid little post-it sticker ads stuck on the front top of newspapers.
I suppose when enough people write in or call to complain, that the advertizers will finally cease and desist.
To round out the morning bitches, I truly hate those moving jumpy java-powered ads which appear on more and more internet sites, including some of the so-called progressive sites… Just more corporate bullying… What’s next? Little moving ads that tell you to support the Bush crime family and its fascist imperial occupations in Afghanistan and Iraq (Somalia is next… o-i-l…).
May 3rd, 2007 at 1:37 pmLet’s be honest now, TP…
You reported this on Thinkfast this morning. You repeated the Post spin, despite the fact several Democrats – see Russ Feingold at HuffPo for example – have shown no sign of backing down to Bush. There is even a suggestion they could up the ante.
Let that be a lesson for you guys. This story smelled odd, there was NOT A SINGLE DEMOCRAT TO WHOM THIS CLIMBDOWN HAD BEEN ATTRIBUTED, and it really needed to re-checked as a result.
The news section in the Post is not as rotten as the editorials, but they still make mistakes and this one really jumped off the page… a very sh*tty headline for Dems and frankly, needed to confirmed for its accuracy.
May 3rd, 2007 at 1:40 pmRight now there is nothing about this on the Washington Post’s web page. I wonder if they are backing down. When I saw that headline this morning I was furious. I’m glad to see that it isn’t true. And hopefully it won’t become true.
May 3rd, 2007 at 1:57 pmDuring a visit to Baghdad last month, Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates told the Iraqi prime minister, Nuri Kamal al-Maliki, that Mr. Bush would weigh Iraq’s commitment to meeting the goals when he decided at the end of the summer whether to extend the recent troop increase.
http://icasualties.org/oif/
LOOK ON THE RIGHT SIDE OF PAGE AND SEE
05/03/07 NYTimes: Iraqi Blocs Opposed to Draft Oil Bill
then read for above statement
May 3rd, 2007 at 1:58 pmIntention? I dunno, put the story out there and then make them cave b/c there would a hypothetical groundswell of “oh good”? ‘Course, it just pissed us off. Maybe Rovester was trying to split the opposition.
And WaPo couldn’t be bothered to phone Pelosi to fact-check. If an anonymous White House Official told them, it must be true: go to print!
May 3rd, 2007 at 3:57 pmBut.. but… but… it isn’t false! It just hasn’t happened yet!
/sarcasm off
May 3rd, 2007 at 4:10 pmDidn’t the Washington Post used to once be a major newspaper, with investigative reporters, real journalists, devoted to the ideal of the fourth estate and truth? Ah, well, times change. And WashPo sure has. It, like 95% of the mainstream media: souls bought and sold to the corporate fascist theocratic takeover of America. Or as the Harvard professor said this weekend, Constitution? We don’ need no stinkin’ Constitution. All hail the all powerful chief, beloved leader.
May 3rd, 2007 at 4:43 pmsomeone should tell sean hannity, he’s leading every hour with this lie.
May 3rd, 2007 at 5:22 pmThe Solution to Solving the Iraq Debacle
Everyone knows that the Iraq War is proving to be disastrous to the United States and the Global Community financially, morally, and culturally. Whether or not one agrees with the War, its motivation for its beginning, or its ultimate outcome, the simple uncontested fact is that it is now time to draw it to an end. That simple fact is something that every man, woman, and child can agree on, whatever their political predilection.
That being said, since every individual on Earth wants the War to end in a manner that involves as few casualties and economic costs than necessary, then it must become a Global Community effort to end it.
The United States and Britain can no longer sustain this War by themselves, as too many troops and too much money will be lost in a seemingly endless barrage of damming up newly-springing holes in the walls protecting against inevitable chaos.
Therefore the only conceivable solution is to divide the country of Iraq into about 50-100 quadrants. Since Iraq is approximately 437,072 sq km, this means that each and every quadrant will be roughly 4350-8741 sq km. This small amount of space would be totally manageable and easy to govern by each participating country, each of whom would contribute relatively small amounts of money and troops to keep the peace in each of their quadrants.
The costs of not contributing in this way would be far too costly to each and every nation on Earth, since the situation in Iraq threatens the National Security of every country on Earth.
Whether this plan is accomplished under the aegis of the already organized and well funded United Nations, or an ad hoc voluntary group of NGOs from each and every country, this plan will work because it is so manageable, affordable, and ultimately will help to bring Iraq under control.
Each quadrant will concurrently and simultaneously govern in different fashions, respecting human rights above all, and the most successful quadrants will then be slowly emulated by the rest of the quadrants if their form of governing works. Slowly, as stability increases, the quadrants will then be allowed to merge with one another, over time, until finally the country will be totally reunited under one Iraqi banner, but under a form of government which has been proven, over time, to work.
The most important goals of these quadrants is security, preventing death and destruction, rebuilding cities and infrastructure, schools, hospitals, and the like.
Each quadrant will literally compete to see which form of government is the best, and all of the other quadrants will be able to move in the direction of the most successful quadrants.
One National Constitution can be the country’ paramount law, with each and every quadrant functioning as an individual quadrant-state with its own rules and challenges, provided that it falls within the purview of that Constitution.
This is the only solution to getting U.S. and British troops out, and securing the nation of Iraq in the most cost-effective, painless, and secure way.
The first step must be undertaken immediately at the next Convention of the United Nations.
Robert David Merchant
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