Posted by
Concerned Citizen, Mike Grant on Tuesday, February 27, 2007 1:57:51 PM
The folks at Newsweek really are true geniuses. This article entitled "Were Losing the Infowar" goes on to describe how the successful PR campaigns of the Sunni insurgency and Shiite death squads in Iraq are inhibiting our ability to win in Iraq. Well DUH! This isn't exactly rocket science here, folks! But what really burns me is the tone of the entire article. On Page One, Scott Johnson writes about the change in how briefings in the Green Zone are given to the press corps, saying,"...even as Iraq emerged from the deadliest month in 2006 for American soldiers, Caldwell maintained the relentlessly upbeat patter that has come to characterize the briefings." First off, Johnson writes with that snobbish and obvious liberal sneer that annoys us all. Secondly, I looked up the word "patter" in the dictionary and this is what I found:
Patter (noun)
1. Glib and rapid talk
2. Meaningless empty chatter
So apparently Scott Johnson thinks that Maj. Gen. Bill Caldwell, the briefer, just has meaningless words to say about the state of Iraq; Because of course we are losing, we have already lost, we should leave now, it's pointless, etc. etc. And it gets better; Soctt Johnson cites a draft report, obtained by Newsweek, written by the Baghdad embassy that says, "Without popular support from US population, there is the risk that troops will be pulled back ... Thus there is a vital need to save popular support via message." Jonhson also says that "Bush needs to convincing" in spreading his message. Well I'm so glad that the Newsweek staff has finally been hit in the head by the obvious, but with Jon Stewart, Dave Letterman, and the MSM making fun of Bush at every opportunity, it is kind of hard for people to take Bush seriously. Johnson also writes about how effective the Sunni Insurgency is very effective in showing U.S. casualties, but Johnson also conveniently forgets that the Liberal MSM, which employs him, does its best to help the Sunni Insurgents and Al-Qaida terrorists build up anti-war sentiment. See here and here (I will cover this later). But of course that is just good journalism, right?
Mike Grant