In what is turning out to be a sequel of a bad movie, the media is once again covering for a warmonger.
Obama’s propaganda paper of record headlines its piece
Obama’s Speech on Afghanistan to Envision Exit
A nice euphemism (not unlike clinching – to substitute “winning the primaries) The article is replete with anonymous senior officials who assure us about that “vision” as well as the GOP-es who oppose it (the fiends!)
But Marc Ambinder, the shorthand scribe for the politically in the know describes the huddle that generated the NY Times propaganda
That suggests that the meeting was akin to a pre-game rally session by the commander-in-chief: he wants to get everyone from Gates to Gen. Stanley McChrystal to Secretary of State Hillary Clinton on the same page before his Tuesday speech.
and discloses the big one
Officials said last week that while would outline a clear exit strategy, he would not tie troop withdrawals to any specific political developments in Afghanistan, which might run into opposition from Democrats in Congress, who are demanding benchmarks.
Hence the nostalgic illustration for this entry. Of course, unlike in the original version of this movie, we won’t get theories proving a connection between 9.11 and Iraq. This being the sequel
An official said that Obama plans to try explain the interconnection between the the stability of Pakistan and the nexus of terror in Afghanistan.
Which Ambinder qualifies as
An explanation that the American people would accept has proven elusive.
Don’t worry, propagandists! An Obama war is OK – as it has the Nobel Peace Prize stamp of approval on it!
I thought that since we are in the sequel, another funny reminder of the first movie would help
I laughed and laughed seeing this one! democrats say the darnest things!
8 comments
November 30, 2009 at 9:53 am
RIChris
Lampooning the Bush administration under the guise of skewering Obama’s mis-handling of the Afghan war is playing into the hands of the Obama administration. Obama won’t stop blaming Bush for his own inadequacies, which means he won’t feel the need to do something about them, as long as his left goes along and acts as his enablers.
November 30, 2009 at 10:51 am
edgeoforever
yeah, and the terrorists would win too.
What I am doing is reminding the B0bots and the saner people who voted for Obama which end is up.
War is wrong – no matter who wages it.
Obama’s is the third Bush term, or Jr.jr – no matter what rhetoric they use in their propaganda.
Obama may have – vaguely -pretended he wasn’t Bush (“a-Bush, not anti-Bush”) but nothing changed except a few flourishes on the rhetoric.
It’s the truth – and it never plays in the hands of any liars.
November 30, 2009 at 11:51 am
cj
An official said that Obama plans to try explain the interconnection between the the stability of Pakistan and the nexus of terror in Afghanistan.
We’re going from Axis of Evil to Nexus of Terror? Seriously?
Well that explanation’s going to take some fancy footwork since the “nexus of terror” in Afghanstan apparently consists of less than 100 members of AQ:
Dear President Obama,
Do you really want to be the new “war president”?
snip: I know you know that there are LESS than a hundred al-Qaeda left in Afghanistan! A hundred thousand troops trying to crush a hundred guys living in caves? Are you serious? Have you drunk Bush’s Kool-Aid? I refuse to believe it.
http://www.michaelmoore.com/words/mikes-letter/open-letter-president-obama-michael-moore
One of the Kossacks steps up to the plate: (in the name of Obama no less, ROFL)
An Open Letter to Michael Moore from President Obama
by Turtle Bay
http://www.dailykos.com/storyonly/2009/11/30/809130/-An-Open-Letter-to-Michael-Moore-from-President-Obama
November 30, 2009 at 12:00 pm
cj
It’s official:
“White House: Obama Has Told Generals, Foreign Leaders Of His Afghan Decision”
http://www.npr.org/blogs/thetwo-way/2009/11/white_house_obama_has_told_gen.html
Now all they have to do is polish the new war jargon for “The Speech.”
November 30, 2009 at 12:34 pm
edgeoforever
Which is how they give us a reason to celebrate the new flash of genius and bravery from Teh One
November 30, 2009 at 1:41 pm
Anthony
Oh yeah – I forgot about that speech. Shit. I have to cover it for a client. DAMMIT!!!
(I could probably write it up today, thanks to the predictable content of these “bestest speeches”)
November 30, 2009 at 1:53 pm
edgeoforever
The anonymous senior officials told ya through NY Times all you need to know. The rest is TOTUS
November 30, 2009 at 2:00 pm
Anthony
Thanks, EOF. I forgot about that.
I feel so much better now (ROTFL)