WaPo Not Even Trying to Hide Their Disgust for Iraq Turnaround…

Posted on November 18, 2007

After reading the headline of this article in today’s Washington Post you would assume it would be a generally upbeat story on Iraq. Of course you would be wrong. Being the WaPo, they can’t even get past the first sentence before they start with the but-but-but….

U.S. Officials Say Iraq Attacks Down by 55 Percent

BAGHDAD, Nov. 18 – As U.S. officials on Sunday declared a 55 percent drop in attacks since the launch of an offensive nine months ago, bombs detonated across Iraq, killing at least 15 and highlighting Iraq’s continuing security threats.

The casualties included three children playing soccer, when a roadside bomb detonated in a playground near Baqubah, 40 miles northeast of Baghdad. Meanwhile, a barrage of mortars and rockets struck U.S. bases in Baghdad early Sunday morning.

ZIP

Crossposted via Weasel Zippers….

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2 Responses to “WaPo Not Even Trying to Hide Their Disgust for Iraq Turnaround…”

Philadelphia Steve on November 19th, 2007 10:55 am

Part of the “drop” is due to General Petraeus’ reclassification of deaths as “not being terrorist” related if they did not meet all his requirements (shot fromt he front no longer counts as “terrorism”, just “crime”). Of course he did go back and reclassify the “old” deaths to match the new ones.

But, of course, Conservatives are not permitted to speak about that, are they?
john Ryan on November 19th, 2007 12:41 pm

When America reached the tipping point on Iraq it was not when teh casualties were at their highest. America (well 2 out of 3) want our troops brought home on a specified timetable.