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Originally Posted by glatt
Calling the press "liberal" is one of those things that has been repeated by the conservatives for so long, people are starting to believe it to be true without even thinking about it.
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Which is completely contrary to what research has noted for decades. The press are repeatedly found to be some of America’s most conservative (but not wacko so). The press also reports on change, on things that are new, and therefore "must be liberal" to those who know without first learning. “We don’t know those things so liberals must be reporting it”.
Meanwhile, more Americans are dying in Iraq then when George Jr proclaimed "Mission Accomplished". That is not new and therefore worthy of front page reporting. Also no political solution exists - still. Only way to end a civil war is with a political solution. But Americans cannot even admit it is a civil war; not a war against Al Qaeda. Therefore nothing new to report; nothing has changed.
Also little reported is that Afghanistan is so firmly in Taliban hands that even the White House started a complete reassessment of Afghanistan. It is so bad as to even get the George Jr administration attention. Marines have been saying this for over a year. Marines wanted out of Iraq long ago before Afghanistan got worse. Inaction by the George Jr administration means Afghanistan got even worse. More than 4 years ago, more than 50% of Afghanistan was in Taliban hands. Since the mental midget got us in a quagmire in Iraq, better is to ignore Afghanistan.
But none of this is as significant as what Wall Street events predict. This crash is only equaled by 1929 – and similar. History suggests massive job losses four years later. The $trillion wasted on "Mission Accomplished" is trivial by comparison.