It isn’t only the Democratic members who have had it with the daily drip of new lies being exposed daily with the new documentation being belatedly provided as “Even Republican defenders on Capitol Hill are expressing growing unease. “I think the attorney general is going to have to explain himself because this has cast a cloud over the department,” said Senator Jeff Sessions, Republican of Alabama, before the latest disclosures. “How much is justified? I don’t know. But it has cast a cloud there.”
The article “Media dragged into Afghan conflict” at http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/6439121.stm explains that “Propaganda has always played an important part in war, but in Afghanistan the battles between Nato forces and the Taleban are being fought not just in the deserts and valleys but in the media.
When the war is about hearts and minds, winning public opinion is the be-all and end-all, and there’s quite a temptation to interfere in a country with a now thriving media.
A local journalist from Tolo TV was arrested and held by Afghan authorities for about 36 hours without charge, for talking to a Taleban spokesman who would ring in every day with his version of events - something which happens in most organisations, including the BBC.
One of the greatest achievements of this post-Taleban era has been a free press and I fear that is now in danger.”
The article “Afghan Media: US Troops Deleted Images” at http://www.commondreams.org/headlines07/0305-07.htm states “Afghan journalists covering the aftermath of a suicide bomb attack and shooting in eastern Afghanistan Sunday said U.S. troops deleted their photos and video and warned them not to publish or air any images of U.S. troops or a car where three Afghans were shot to death…..
“Why did the soldiers do it if they don’t have anything to hide? The situation is very tense in Afghanistan, and the media should be able to report about it freely and safely,” said Jean-Francois Julliard, a spokesman for the Paris-based Reporters Without Borders.”
The Libby trial was all about how W’s crew got the US MSM to buy a pack of lies and when people were contesting the lies, W and his Oval Office Cabal had to threaten people to keep the truth from seeing the light of day. So, the US in Afghanistan as well as the in US, is controlling what we see and hear.
The last of the above topics, Iraq’s instability and failure to meet W’s deadlines, might become the death-knell for GWOT, but nobody seems concerned, because W controls the US MSM. If Maliki changes his government now, why won’t he do it again, and how can we get political changes in Iraq if the deciders in Iraq are changing?
How solid is Maliki’s government? The article “Iraqi leader fears ouster over oil money” at http://www.buffalonews.com/260/story/32561.html explains that “Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki fears the Americans will torpedo his government if parliament does not pass a law to fairly divvy up the country’s oil wealth among Iraqis by the end of June, close associates of the leader told The Associated Press on Tuesday.
The legislature has not even taken up the draft measure, which is only one of several U.S. benchmarks that are seen by al-Maliki as key to continued American support, a crucial need for the survival of his troubled administration.
Aside from the oil law, the associates said, American officials have told the hardline Shiite Muslim prime minister that they want an Iraqi government in place by year’s end acceptable to the country’s Sunni Arab neighbors, particularly Saudi Arabia, Jordan and Egypt….Standing in the way of forward movement is a recalcitrant Cabinet, which al-Maliki has promised to reshuffle by the end of this week. So far, however, he is at loggerheads with the political groupings in parliament that are threatening to withdraw support for the prime minister if he does not allow the blocs to name replacements for Cabinet positions.”
Does W realize this isn’t working? The article “Iraqis’ Progress Lags Behind Pace Set by Bush Plan” at http://www.nytimes.com/2007/03/15/washington/15policy.html?_r=1&oref=slogin&ref states “The Bush administration, which six months ago issued a series of political goals for the Iraqi government to meet by this month, is now tacitly acknowledging that the goals will take significantly longer to achieve.
In interviews this week, administration officials said that the military buildup intended to stabilize Baghdad and create the conditions for achieving the objectives would not be fully in place until June and that all of the objectives would not be fulfilled until the year’s end.”
Senator Schumer said he doesn’t want Sampson to be the next fall guy for W’s incompetent group. Gonzales is in over his neck with the scandals ensnaring including the illegal NSA eavesdropping on US citizens, the revocation of the Geneva Convention protections for detainees, the firing of US Attorneys, as well as his lack of control over the national security letters. Gonzales says he can’t be in the know on everything within the purview of his position, but it seems as though he’s trying to duck responsibility for too many items.
The Oct 16, 2006 article “Preparing stockades to herd common masses into” at
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