Hey folks,
First I have to comment on the whole hysteria over the announcement by Tony Blair that SOME of the British troops are leaving. This happened just as I posted yesterdays daily article. The Mass Media Drones went completely gaga over this news. They all started to jump the gun. No, forget that, they DID jump the gun big time. All of them started to report doom and gloom. Some even gloated. Here is just some examples.
Joe Scarborough of MSNBC "Scarborough Country" said,"Breaking news out of Great Britain, Tony Blair will be announcing tomorrow that the United Kingdom is abandoning Iraq and President Bush."
Brian Williams and Meredith Vieira of NBC, jumped in to the fray. Brian said,
"The United States may be starting to lose a big ally in the fight in Iraq. This may be the beginning of the end of British involvement in the Iraq war."
Meredith said,
"The British on the march home from Iraq."
Then, I love this one, Robin Roberts of ABC, said," Breaking news overnight, the British are leaving."
But here’s the problem folks. They are NOT completely pulling out. They will still be there training the troops, securing the boarders with Iran, and still helping out when needed. Here is a PERFECT example of how the Mass Media Drones, "Correct" themselves when proven wrong. Get this, from the BBC,
The withdrawal of some UK troops from Iraq does not mark the end of the British commitment there but it is a psychologically important moment that could well mark the beginning of the end.
This is not just about how many are leaving or staying, or about a continuing role for the British military in Iraq, which it will have. It is about perception and psychology, with the emphasis in the public and political mind on getting out.
It could well be the point of no return, the moment when the British government started to put into practice what it has long been planning and from which the flow of decisions will be all in one direction.
STOP!!!! So it goes from "The British are leaving" to, "Well, it doesn’t matter if they stay. It psychological. {Laughing} OK, how about, we jumped the gun? How about, they are NOT pulling out, abandoning Iraq and President Bush? How about we were wrong. Nope.
Look at this,
The troop numbers will go down by 1,600 to about 5,500 within months and then to below 5,000 perhaps later in the year.
Prime Minister Tony Blair was careful to state in the House of Commons that British forces would remain into 2008 and he did not predict how many troops are likely to be there next year. OK, so, 5,500 troops remain. 1,600 hundred are leaving from a safe zone. In a area where there is little to no terrorist activity. Then the BBC says, "perhaps." anytime you hear "perhaps," that should indicate to you that the one saying it, has no clue. They are guessing at best.
Then the statement by Blair himself SHOULD be case closed. He said there will be British troops there until 08. Translation? They are NOT pulling out.
Blair talked about good and evil. Doesn’t sound like he wants to leave to me. Then he said that they will maintain "above all, the ability to conduct operations against extremist groups and be there in support of the Iraq Army when called upon."
Now the BBC DOES point out in interesting fact. That there will be a new Prime Minister soon, and then it will be up to him. We will not know what he will do, until he does it. But for right now, it seems all is normal. Much to the dismay of the MMD.
Seems I took up all the time with this hysteria about the so called British withdraw, I was going to comment on the battle between Vice President Cheney and Speaker Pelosi, but I’m out of time for now. I’ll be right back with that, in just a few.
Peter
Source:
BBC-Beginning of the end for Brits in Iraq?
3 comments:
I was watching Joe Scarborough the other day and he had two guests on who were talking about Bill OReilly and Keith Olbermann and NBC.
Joe Scarborough is supposed to be a conservative but when these two gentlemen pointed out that Keith Olbermann spends his time bashing both President Bush and Mr. OReilly Mr. Scarborough made fun of their view saying it was not true.
Now I have sen Mr. Olbermann on occasion and he does dedicate his time to the above practice. One of the two mentioned that Mr. OReilly does not attack Mr. Olbermann but is constantly attacked by Mr. Olbermann who has rating of less than a half of million viewers as opposed to Mr. OReilly's rating of two and a half million.
This whole conversation resulted because Mr. OReilly has been commenting about the left leanings of NBC and how their ratings are falling.
One can say that Scarborough was just protecting his job on MSNBC or does he actually feel that Mr. OReilly is just blowing hot air.
What do you think?
Hey Sam,
I’m out of time right now, but I will be back later. I agree with you, and there are some points I would like to add. See you a little bit later.
Peter
Hey again Sam,
Sorry about this morning, I saw your comment last second, I had to go. But I’m back.
I agree with you. I think, although it IS possible that Joe Scarborough may be a trojan Conservative, he has to stay as moderate as possible. Your right, working for NBC and being a Conservative, is not always compatible.
Bill OReilly is going after NBC hard lately. He wants them to release the list of those on their payroll to see who’s who, including bloggers. They refused. He asked ABC, and CBS as well, I believe they DID turn over the lists, but NBC? Nope.
They whole thing between Olbermann and OReilly is simple, Olbermann is making his career out of attacking Bill. Bill does not need to make a career, he is doing just fine. To think otherwise , would just be ridiculous.
NBC has always leaned to the Left. I remember watch Bryant Gumble anytime he interviewed anyone from the Right, or anyone of faith, he just outright attempted to belittle them. You could always hear the haughtiness in his tone. Matt lauer is not as bad, but you can see he is following an agenda from time to time.
This is why I take everything I see on NBC, or MSNBC, with a grain of salt. This is also one of the main reasons that more and more people are turning to the new media for their news. Between the majors, and printed news, it is clear, as I have pointed out from time to time, that they are following an agenda. First was to get the LWL in power, now it’s to keep them there and help win the White House in 08.
The sad fact is though, by the time they realize that they are losing, “Airhead America” perfect example, it will be too late. Good for us, bad for them.
Peter
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