Soaring Troop Deaths in Afghanistan Still No Reason to Quote War Critics
07/01/2010 by Peter HartWhen the news is that U.S./coalition casualties in June in Afghanistan were the highest monthly total of the war, you'd think it might be an opportunity to quote a critic of the war.
Not for USA Today. In the paper's report today (7/1/10), reporter Jim Michaels gets a comment from the British defense minister ("We must hold our nerve"), and then, for an entirely different point of view, goes to someone from the hawkish Center for Strategic and International Studies, who says the same thing:
Stephen Flanagan, an analyst at the Center for Strategic and International Studies, said death statistics alone are not a good measure of how the war is going.
"They're not an indicator of success or failure," he said. "It's not a war of attrition."
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July 4th, 2010 at 6:58 pm
Once Obama became Pres.all meaningful discussion of anything he does or may do is sanitized by his lapdog press.Remember general Betray us?As soon as BAM put him in charge in Afghanistan. Move on.org removed its tag to that effect.And in the dark of night no less.Now he is seen as a savior.Such hypocricy. Hell You could loose half the troups tomorrow if Obama ordered them to" hug a terrorist today"and the majority of press would still spin it his way.He would be a brilliant peacemaker dont ya see?Not appreciated in his time no less.Not FOX of course,or the alternative media…..Bush was crucified to a high standard on the conduct of the war..BAM……well he is like nailing jello to a wall.He seems an innocent bystander
July 4th, 2010 at 6:59 pm
O.K. I'll bite. What is a good indicator? Perhaps the length of the war?!
February 3rd, 2011 at 10:41 am
[...] has a history of deceptive, credulous reporting from the Middle East and Afghanistan (FAIR Blog, 7/1/10, 8/6/10, 8/27/10; Extra!, 9-10/08). But this report is a poor effort even for [...]
February 3rd, 2011 at 11:00 am
[...] has a history of deceptive, credulous reporting from the Middle East and Afghanistan (FAIR Blog, 7/1/10, 8/6/10, 8/27/10; Extra!, 9-10/08). But this report is a poor effort even for [...]