Two Weeks Ago Media Proclaims Iraq Offensive a Disaster!!! An Update

Two weeks ago when the Iraq offensive began I warned to be very careful of the reporting of what was happening till the smoke cleared. The story that was not told by the the American Papers was how the Pentagon , the State Department, and U.S. political leaders were going into CYA mode in case the mostly self led Iraqi offensive failed. The prime offender media was the New York Times. The Washington post took every bit of CYA talking points from the Pentagon and State Department and printed it like it was holy writ. Even Conservative writers that oppose the war but I still read and respect made this Cardinal mistake. Crunchy Con being a big example. We also saw in the UK press withUk Military people doing their own spin because the Iraqis felt more comfortable using American military help than the UK help thus the Uk military honchos felt slighted!!!

Mickey Kaus (No Bush Fan) points this out Slate at his entry starting with the headline "Iraqi Offensive Against Militia is Raising Concerns on Stability" how horrible the NYT coverage was and in fact misleading

Now we see more clearly. Go see the Strata-Sphere Posts Sistani Does Join Maliki And Isolates Sadr ( a must read), Is America A Nation Of Defeatists Or Ever Hopeful Fighters? ,and Sadr Told To Disarm By Shiite VP.

Will the countless bloggers that posted it is disaster and the media go back and do a follow up so the American voter can have valid information to base choices on? I am not holding my breath.