"U.S. Has No Exit Strategy for Iraq, Rumsfeld Says"

headline, Bloomberg News, April 12

Published on April 16, 2005 By Dr Guy In Politics

Nice headline. Did I grab your attention? This must be serious, right? I mean the Sec Def just admitted there was no exit strategy, right? Horrors! Shock! Scandal. But then read the article. I call your attention to the second paragraph:

" 'We don't have an exit strategy, we have a victory strategy,' Rumsfeld told soldiers during a surprise visit to Baghdad, according to a pooled broadcast report from the capital. 'The goal is to help the Iraqi Forces develop the skills and the capacity to provide their own security.' "

Uh, huh. And there is anyone out there that is going to try and argue that the mainstream media is not biased?

yea, right! And I have some lake front property in Florida to sell you!

(Sorry, I already sold the bridge in Brooklyn to some other liberals.)

Comments (Page 1)

sir peter maxwell's ghost

on Apr 16, 2005

i bumped my shoulder on a doorway today. is that the fault of 'the left' too?

Dr Guy

on Apr 16, 2005

i bumped my shoulder on a doorway today. is that the fault of 'the left' too?

It depends. Where you reading a Mainstream media article at the time?

joeKnowledge

on Apr 16, 2005

LOL

I knew there wasn't a exit strategy!!!

Of course they could not admit this when they wanted the action in Iraq to take place; people would have freaked out.

David Hawley

on Apr 16, 2005

Hey, elitism isn't cool anymore. This is the nineties.

Spc Nobody Special

on Apr 16, 2005

i bumped my shoulder on a doorway today. is that the fault of 'the left' too?

Nope, my fault!Link

LOL

I knew there wasn't a exit strategy!!!

Of course they could not admit this when they wanted the action in Iraq to take place; people would have freaked out.

Dude, did you read the article at all? You just completely missed everything he said. Sigh......

Try again, and this time get someone to help you with the words over four letters long.......

David Hawley

on Apr 16, 2005

Dude, did you read the article at all? You just completely missed everything he said. Sigh......

Try again, and this time get someone to help you with the words over four letters long.......

Hahaha. Not a very nice way to put it, Spc Nobody Special, but, I couldn't have said it better myself.

But, for a serious response, I use the Internet for all my news. Now, if you think the Internet is biased, you're just looking for excuses to blame someone else.

Spc Nobody Special

on Apr 16, 2005

Now, if you think the Internet is biased, you're just looking for excuses to blame someone else.

News, internet or not, while seemingly factual, is subjective, having been filtered through a reporter's perspective. Blogs, opinion pages, etc., often lacking the accountability of a professional news agency are even more subjective. (Yes someone may call you on an error or mispresumption, but will you lose your job, be sued, or go out of business?)

And internet sources especially, are prone to using circular logic. It often contains a great deal of factual information, and opinions that "balance" by opposing each other.

However, any "hard data" about politics, government, etc. is best sorted from the multitude with a great deal of caution, especially when used to back up discussions of the war, government, etc. that tend to get people emotionally worked up.

Damned run-on sentences..........

David Hawley

on Apr 16, 2005

First off, I was directing the "excuses" comment at the guy who started this topic, not you. Haha.

Second off, that's true, but, I get my news from all over the place; not just from one source. So, the whole Internet can't be biased and/or untrue.

I often thought about starting a blog, but, it would just be me ranting about how smoking shouldn't be legal or posting theories on how the next pope will be the Antichrist.

kingbee

on Apr 17, 2005

the last victory strategy he had didn't pan out all that well. hopefully he's put a lil more thought into this one.

on which planet do main streamers even know bloomberg exists? which of them really expect more than financial coverage from bloomberg? is it a larger or smaller group than the one that reads vogue for up-to-the-minute sports coverage?

Dr Guy

on Apr 17, 2005

Of course they could not admit this when they wanted the action in Iraq to take place; people would have freaked out.

Yea, but the quote belied the title. That was my point. I unfortunately read the article to learn the real truth, but if you were just headline scanning, you would think we are there forever. Like Dabe and Boxer would have us beleive.

Dr Guy

on Apr 17, 2005

Hey, elitism isn't cool anymore. This is the nineties.

Wake up David! We passed the century!

Dr Guy

on Apr 17, 2005

But, for a serious response, I use the Internet for all my news. Now, if you think the Internet is biased, you're just looking for excuses to blame someone else.

Fortunately no, but the headlines are. That is the writers bias.

Dr Guy

on Apr 17, 2005

However, any "hard data" about politics, government, etc. is best sorted from the multitude with a great deal of caution, especially when used to back up discussions of the war, government, etc. that tend to get people emotionally worked up.

Well, I cant give you an insightful for brevity, but you did nail the whole issue with that thought.

Dr Guy

on Apr 17, 2005

First off, I was directing the "excuses" comment at the guy who started this topic, not you. Haha.

And in that you are barking up the wrong tree. I printed the facts. You want to deny them? Go ahead. Deny what was written ON THE INTERNET.

Dont shoot the messenger!

Dr Guy

on Apr 17, 2005

on which planet do main streamers even know bloomberg exists? which of them really expect more than financial coverage from bloomberg? is it a larger or smaller group than the one that reads vogue for up-to-the-minute sports coverage?

Well, at least you did not question the source. SO I guess at the minimum it is a neutral and not right wing one?

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