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Proud DNC Affiliate, Reuters Describes The Libyan Coalition

By: Repair_Man_Jack (Diary)  |  March 25th, 2011 at 12:30 PM  | 

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Obama is committed to partnering with other countries rather than going it alone as did his predecessor George W. Bush, which both broadens and complicates the decision-making process.

– Inner Party Truth-Organ, Reuters. (HT:New York Times)

Jeffrey Goldberg at The Atlantic read this purgative and quickly needed a lavatory in which to up-chuck. His nausea is understandable. His restraint in castigating such rampant dishonesty in the service of such a small and petty POTUS, was not as commendable as he thinks. This fraudulent garbage deserved a stronger, more virile rebuke. Goldberg offered the following “suggestion” to the proud media organ of The Democratic National Committee known as Reuters.

This, of course, is wildly inaccurate and misleading. Say what you will about the second Iraq war, but George W. Bush made partnerships with many nations in advance of the invasion, including and especially America’s most valuable ally, Great Britain, as well as Australia, Spain, Hungary, Poland, Denmark, South Korea, the Czech Republic, and a couple of dozen others. Reuters should correct this inaccurate statement.

(HT: The Atlantic)

No, Mr. Goldberg, Reuters did not just make an inaccurate statement. They deliberately and mendaciously lied! The nameless coward who authored this piece of “analysis” should apologize. Reuters should furthermore acknowledge their longstanding loyalty and advocacy on behalf of the Democratic Party. The Democratic National Committee should be properly billed for such media contributions-in-kind in accordance with whatever Dog’s Breakfast of campaign finance legislation applies to these cheap propaganda stunts.

Out of pure blogging sadism, I elected to document the extent of the dishonesty that Reuters just attempted to pass of as news “analysis”. The Wikipedia page on the Multi-National Force – Iraq, lists 40 distinct nations that at least contributed a small force. American military personnel have constituted roughly 75% of the manpower used in Iraq from 2003 to the present date. We lead and bore the heaviest load. But then again, it was pretty much our idea, prior to being codified into 17 separate UN resolutions.

The US mission in Libya has halting rhetorical support from The Arab League and may be palmed off onto NATO. How many countries are contributing? This is hard to determine, but certainly not forty. France, Spain, and Italy desperately need Libyan oil. Great Britain is involved on behalf of French President, Nicholas Sarkozy. Qatar sent four fighter jets. They perhaps want to be seen as good-guys, so that any possible Qatari no-fly zone will tilt towards the rulers, not the insurgents.

Reuters could eschew its partisan affiliation and honestly report the following.

Obama is committed to keeping Libyan oil flowing and arranging Kaddafi’s Big Hook-Up In The Sky with the 72 virgins of recent Islamo-fascist yore. He won’t admit this is the case and hasn’t even informed the US Congress why in the heck the US military is involved in this Charlie Fox-Trot. The decision-making process will remain quite broad and complicated until the French President Sarkozy grows exasperated with this piddle-(redact) and assumes proper adult responsibility for the current Kinetic-Military-Desert-Camporee.

-My totally fictional account of what DNC Reuters should have actually said.

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  • Finrod

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  • msctex

    . . .where the facts of any matter are completely irrelevant, as far as the Mainstream Media is concerned. I know it is easy to argue this has been the case for quite awhile, but matters such as the subject of this thread and the somewhat amazed reaction to the “going it alone” rewrite of Reality indicate otherwise. I think we are going to move into uncharted territory in this regard until Obama is out of power, where whatever sounds best will be offered up as ostensible fact, to a far greater degree than ever before.

    Consider that there is a direct proportional relationship between the evident failure of Obama and the Media’s ability to prop him up. The more public and meaningful his failures, the more necessary the evasions and outright lies on the part of the Media. Thus, we can look forward to more of the same and worse, until this drain-circling Administration finally, one way or another, comes undone.

    • davidleigh

      I completely agree with “msctex” concerning what the media will do to protect their man. They did this throughout the 2008 campaign as well. Had Obama been a white man he would have been run out of the campaign within 2 months. This is THEIR GUY. They are going to protect their Damien Omen, country be dam__ed.

      We haven’t seen anything yet. Just wait until 2012, the lies and circling of the wagons will be so dramatic you’ll think you’re reading the NY Tass or Washington Pravda.

      This is a President who must be defeated before he completely destroys this country and the relationships the US has with her allies. Just because you say you’re “an American” doesn’t mean you hold American ideals in your heart. Obama does not. It is breathtaking to see a President not gve a darn about his country. Just breathtaking.

  • uselogic

    that “Obama multilateral, Bush unilateral” crap too. It’s a shame this meme has taken hold. Friends are shocked to find out Bush had more partners in his coalition (and he went to Congress first) than Obummer.

    BTW, Golderber was critical of Obama but he still repeated the conventional wisdom ala Reuters.

    • merryj1

      There’s a pretty big difference. Jonah, son of (where’s my Ginko biloba? Her first name is eluding me…) the Goldberg who advised Monica Lewinski to “hold onto that blue dress,” is the author of (I believe) “Liberal Fascism” and a generally reliable conservative voice.*

      * “Conservative voice” as used here means “wouldn’t lie to promote his own beliefs, let alone the other side’s agenda.”

  • uselogic

    Goldberg, not Golderber, above.

  • Next93

    My grandfather fought in Libya during the Italo-Turkish confilict at the turn of the last century, and was decorated for bravery.

    You think American soldiers came back from Viet Nam bitter? My grandfather spent YEARS working like a slave to save up enough money to get his family to America. When my father was born, it took my grandmother and her mother two weeks to convince him to let the birth be registered, because he figured that the government couldn’t draft him if they didn’t know he was alive.

    I’m not surprised that the “rebels” are showing thier full potential for barbarism. From the stories he told my brother and older cousin about that war, the Berbers make the Viet Kong look like the Von Trapp family. That country will *always* be ruled by a sadistic despot because that’s the only kind of power the culture will recognize.

    My son is in the ROTC and it’s keeping me awake at night thinking that he might get sucked into another war with the Berbers just so the Boy President can make Presidential in the next election. The ENTIRE population of Libya isn’t worth the lives of one American serviceman; not my son, not your son, not NOBODY’s son.

    • http://theminorityreportblog.com Repair_Man_Jack

      If you want a really sick horror story of a read, Albert Camus wrote a short story about a Christian Missionary that the Berber Tribes got their hands on….not fun stuff at all.

      • http://theminorityreportblog.com Repair_Man_Jack

        the Camus short-story collection I intended to reference is entitled “The Exile and The Kingdom.”

    • nickel

      America has been built by millions of people willing to sacrefice for their country like your son. I am also a father of an active duty military officer, who went through college on the NROTC program and has served five years in our submarine service. BUT I couldn’t agree more with your statement…” The ENTIRE population of Libya isn?t worth the lives of one American serviceman; not my son, not your son, not ANYBODY?s son.”

  • johnt

    This is an example of why. Actually it would require a very much longer list were you to add other organizations really the same, much longer. Throw in the droolers who live off the leftist internet and you have a veritable universe of the mentally malformed. Ignorance is no longer bliss as the old saying had it, it is the very lava of barely restrained violent aggression. Bare in mind that much or all of this is conscious, deliberate fact twisting, The news pimps knew exactly what they are doing and causing.
    2012 we await you with trepidation.

  • aesthete

    and exactly how many countries are going to stick around when this shindig requires “peacekeeping forces”, “nation-builders”, or any other occupying presence (and make no mistake, that’s what it’s headed towards)? Not that I particularly care about the multilateral/unilateral distinction.

  • thebardofmurdock

    With apologies to Gilbert & Sullivan, authors of I Am the Very Model of a Modern Major-General

    I am the very model of a Democratic president,
    Who stumbled into office on a wave of massive discontent.
    I?ve organized communities and burdened our state governments,
    With help from union activists and other roguish elements.
    I?ve found a way to give you unemployment at plus ten percent,
    And rammed through legislation that the population does resent,
    With stimulus and bailouts that our politicians should prevent,
    Increasing sovereign debt to cover all the cash that I have spent.

    I?ve made my mark with policies where spending transcends revenue,
    And finding businesses that government can stick its mitts into.
    In matters that ensure the currency is on a fast descent,
    I am the very model of a Democratic president.

    I?m very good at hiding in the White House from the fawning press,
    Who might ask questions relative to budget or the HHS;
    And lacking teleprompter it is darned hard for me to express,
    Coherent ways to show our actions have resulted in success.
    The Democratic Congress voters all came out to dispossess,
    And left me with a GOP Tea Party out in battle dress.
    Which puts me in an awkward situation that I must redress,
    By threatening to shutter government to rescue PBS.

    I?m at my best when making sure that Congress stifles all debate,
    And passes measures in the night that guarantee a small growth rate.
    In matters that ensure the very height of social discontent,
    I am the very model of a Democratic president.

    I?m having major problems working out my foreign policy:
    My allies are unable to respect my clever repartee;
    My country seems upset I bow to every potentate I see;
    My enemies seem not content with my constant apology.
    I dither and I hesitate for everything?s a quandary,
    Until I get pushed in a corner by my dear friend Hillary,
    Who teamed up with a rabid Bonaparte with surname Sarkozy,
    And forced me to engage in war with Muammar al-Gaddafi.

    By knowing absolutely nothing in relation to defense,
    I gather coalitions of unwilling states when wars commence;
    In matters that determine where our military men are sent,
    I am the very model of a Democratic president.

    thebardofmurdock.blogspot.com

    • BigRedConservative

      Very good (and sadly quite accurate)

    • http://theminorityreportblog.com Repair_Man_Jack

      Yes, “The Ruler of The Queen’s Navy” is very worthy satire for our Boy President.