skippy the bush kangaroo: general dissatisfaction about iraq, or, tricky ricardo

Saturday, October 13, 2007

general dissatisfaction about iraq, or, tricky ricardo

much of the hardly-ever-right wing is trying to eviscerate gen. sanchez's recent remarks about iraq being such a disaster. capt. ed sez half of the general's message was left on the cutting room floor of newsrooms and bloggers. powerline bravely attacks the strawman concerning press conveniently leaving out the part of the general's remarks which disparaged the press.

points taken. but it's hard to argue w/stars and stripes magazine:

“there is no question that america is living a nightmare with no end in sight,” retired lt. gen. ricardo sanchez told a convention of military journalists on friday.

sanchez commanded u.s. troops in iraq from june 2003 to july 2004. his controversial tenure saw the capture of saddam hussein and the handover of sovereignty to the iraqi government, but also the rise of the insurgency and the abu ghraib prison scandal.

while cleared of any wrongdoing, one report found that sanchez and his deputy, "failed to ensure proper staff oversight of detention and interrogation operations." …

but sanchez reserved most of his venom friday for u.s. officials, saying the u.s. government still has not brought all the resources needed to win in iraq.

“from a catastrophically flawed, unrealistically optimistic war plan, to the administration’s latest surge strategy, this administration has failed to employ and synchronize the political, economic and military power,” sanchez said.

continuing changes to military strategy alone will not achieve victory, rather it will only “stave off defeat,” he said.

“the administration, congress and the entire inter-agency, especially the state department, must shoulder the responsibility for this catastrophic failure and the american people must hold them accountable.”

we wonder if the hardly-ever-right wing thinks stars and stripes is part of the msm that has "decided to emphasize only one aspect of the general’s speech…his harsh critique of the administration’s planning and execution of the war in iraq. i know, it’s shocking that that’s what they have chosen to emphasize."

we're shocked!

addendum: the sailor, over at steveaudio, doesn't think it's the media's job to fluff the military.

Labels: iraq war, multi-millionaire media, punditry, right hypocrisy

posted by skippy at 10:56 AM |

5 Comments:

Great blog! I have found a new home!

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Warlock33, 11:14 AM PDT

The NBC report included his complaint about the media. Maybe some people didn't read the entire article. You really should go beyond the headline and first paragraph before you complain about something missing.

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Bryan, 3:08 PM PDT

i wasn't the one complaining. i will give you the benefit of the doubt and assume you incorrectly used the second person singular "you really should" when you meant the more broad and general third person singular "one really should," meaning the right wingers complaining about the lack of media coverage about the lack of media coverage.

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skippy, 4:27 PM PDT

There are only four right-wing bloggers I'll still link to: Chuck Simmins, N. Z. Bear, Baldilocks, and John Cole of Balloon Juice. They're all right with me. All the rest on the Right suck my motherfucking dick. I am done with them.

And yes, you can quote me on that.

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Jim Yeager, 3:54 AM PDT

Whoops! I meant to say, "All the rest on the Right can suck my motherfucking dick." They don't actually do that... ;-)

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Jim Yeager, 3:56 AM PDT

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