LAT Front-Page Headline: 'War On Terror Loses Ground'

By Dave Pierre (Bio | Archive)
July 27, 2008 - 23:39 ET

Let's get this straight: Michael Yon, a journalist who's been over in Iraq about as much as anybody, has declared, "[T]he Iraq War is over. We won." Even the Associated Press has admitted we are "now winning" in Iraq. The New York Times grudgingly concedes a "remarkable change" in Baghdad since a once-powerful Shiite army has lost its grip.

So what's the top-of-the-page headline in Sunday's Los Angeles Times (7/27/08)? "War on terror loses ground." (See an image of the actual paper. The on-line version adds the words "in Pakistan.")

The article begins,

Although the "war on terrorism" remains a consuming focus of the U.S. government, the Bush administration appears poised to leave behind a situation not unlike the one it inherited nearly eight years ago: a resurgent Al Qaeda ensconced in South Asia, training new recruits, plotting attacks against the West, and seemingly beyond the United States' reach.

First of all, there seems to be little question that the situation in Pakistan is a significant challenge for the United States. But what's with the quotation marks around the words "war on terrorism"? And do the fantastic gains in Iraq amount to nothing in the eyes of the Times? Hasn't ground been gained in the overall war on terror with the successes in Iraq?

What gives?


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Is this really a surprise?

July 28, 2008 - 00:03 ET by HillbillyKing

This is the paper that banned their bloggers from writing about the Edwards love child fiasco. 

Apperently there are far to many out of work screenwriters masquerading as reporters at the LA times.

More manufactured opinion for the zealots in liberalwood to gobble up. 

 

 

If you make people think they're thinking, they'll love you; But if you really make them think, they'll hate you.

Don Marquis 1878-1937

Success in Iraq or Afghansitan equals success for Bush

July 28, 2008 - 00:06 ET by Free Stinker

Success in Iraq or Afghansitan equals success for Bush, so the MSM has to make this look bad.

Their BDS is causing them to run a psyop for Al Quaida against the American people.

 

"They're both doofuses!" --Mark Levin (speaking of Obama and McCain)

The LAT - All the news that's fit for Obama

July 28, 2008 - 05:18 ET by DoktorFranken

There's a huge water-carrying story if I ever saw one. What did Obama say about Afghanistan?


"We've got to get the job done there and that requires us to have
enough troops so that we're not just air-raiding villages and killing
civilians, which is causing enormous problems there," Obama said.

Civilian casualty numbers are questionable at best - since the AP is involved in some of the numbers and some casualties were from cross-fire.

Your Michael Yon link

July 28, 2008 - 05:15 ET by DontFeedTheTrolls

Your Michael Yon link doesn't work, perhaps you meant to link here.

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Thanks ...

July 28, 2008 - 11:19 ET by Dave Pierre

I fixed it.

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All I can think is.,...

July 28, 2008 - 07:16 ET by c5then

It's a damn good thing that WW2 happened 60+ years ago when journalists were more patriotic and less political and the technology was such that reporting was well after the fact and not during.

With today's 'journalists', the Normandy invasion would never have happened and if it did, the Germans would have known about it and exactly where the landings were scheduled.The press would have continually harped that it was a disaster and 'Why were we invading France instead of Germany' would have been the headlines.

I can count on one hand the number of journalists that I have any respect for, and most of them can be found either working for or contributing to FoxNews.

The day that "politician" became a career choice is the day we started losing the Republic. Let's get it back! Alan Keyes '08.

 I find it interesting that

July 28, 2008 - 07:59 ET by ConservativeRex

 I find it interesting that after Obami completely ran them into the ground, Blackwater provided security for him in the Middle East.  

Yes, why didn't he refuse

July 28, 2008 - 08:11 ET by motherbelt

Yes, why didn't he refuse to do business with those vicious cutthroat mercenaries????


Obama's theme song

Self-- preservation and expediency raise their...

July 28, 2008 - 11:48 ET by Thalpy

Self--preservation and expediency raise their ugly head. He couldn't rely on the MSM to protect him. They provide protecton for him while he's running his games on us.

War on terror loses ground...

July 28, 2008 - 15:14 ET by wizardjr

LAT loses subscribers (and they can't figure out why).