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?
