Marine Corps Pushes To Take Lead Role In Afghanistan - NY Times & W Post Lie
The New York Times, faced with the dreaded “Good News From Iraq” headline, as well as the equally dreaded “Military Supports The Administration’s Mission” headline, decided to put a false, negative spin on what was both a good news story from Iraq, as well as a story about the Marine Corps’ commitment to the overall GWOT.
The peace in Al Anbar was leading to the removal of the Corps from most of the province. Rather than take a back seat in the administration’s GWOT, the Marines stepped up and asked to be given the prime role in Afghanistan. But the New York Times blatantly lied, claiming that the Marines were not leaving Iraq because they were no longer needed, but were instead begging to leave because they hated the mission. Here was their headline: “Marines Press To Remove Their Forces From Iraq”. The Marines have simply been told that they are leaving. Buried near the end of the story was one sentence revealing the truth of the matter: “Both generals strongly hint that if the security situation in Anbar holds steady, then reductions of American forces can be expected in the province, which could free up Marine units to move elsewhere.” The NY Times is scum. And unfortunately, the Drudge Report repeated their headline.
The Washington Post, whose story I linked below, tries the same trick, saying that the plan “would in essence allow the service to extricate itself from the increasingly unpopular and costly Iraq war.” First of all, U.S. public opinion has begun to turn around on the war, due to our successes. So their tired and hackneyed “increasingly unpopular war” phrase is another outright lie. Secondly, and perhaps worse, they are smearing the Marine Corps by saying that the Corps’ agenda is to run from their mission in Iraq.
So desperate are they are to publish any smear of the administration and the war effort, that their claim that the Marines are looking to run is completely contradicted by an earlier statement in the same story: “The second-ranking U.S. commander in Iraq, Lt. Gen. Raymond T. Odierno, said this month that he is inclined to pull other U.S. forces out of Anbar as early as December as a result of declining levels of violence there.” In other words, they are forced to print the truth in order to maintain some semblance of crediblity, but then contradict that truth with a baseless and invented anti-war talking point.
Now keep in mind that the Times and the Post are not publishing mere propaganda, but an outright lie. That is the quality one can expect from the MSM these days. It’s no longer just about being partisan, it’s about outright faking the news if it helps their political cause.
In reality, now that victory is freeing them up from Al Anbar, the Marine Corps is making a push to take over operations in Afghanistan. While the tresonous MSM and Democrat party would have you believe that the armed forces is broken and sick of the fight, we instead see a patriotic Marine Corps, believing in the mission and motivated to fight, stepping up and demanding to expand their role in the war on terror, not decrease it. They could quietly leave Al Anbar and have a rest. Instead, they are fighting to do the opposite. Semper Fi.
WAPO:
The Marine Corps is making a bid to take over the command and primary mission of U.S. forces in Afghanistan, anticipating a gradual withdrawal of its troops from Iraq’s western province of Anbar, senior military and Pentagon officials said.
The proposal, discussed at senior levels of the Pentagon last week, would have the Marine Corps replace the Army as the lead U.S. force in Afghanistan, where U.S. troops number more than 25,000 and make up the largest contingent of the NATO-led force there. No major Marine Corps combat units are deployed to Afghanistan, although recently Marine special operations units have served there.
The top U.S. commander in Iraq, Gen. David H. Petraeus, announced the withdrawal of 2,200 Marines from Anbar last month as the first element of a drawdown of approximately 21,700 combat troops scheduled to exit Iraq by July 2008. There are about 25,000 Marines in Anbar, out of 169,000 total U.S. troops in Iraq.
The second-ranking U.S. commander in Iraq, Lt. Gen. Raymond T. Odierno, said this month that he is inclined to pull other U.S. forces out of Anbar as early as December as a result of declining levels of violence there.
Marine Corps officers who have served in Iraq expressed enthusiasm for the idea, which would in essence allow the service to extricate itself from the increasingly unpopular and costly Iraq war. It would shift its emphasis to the conflict in Afghanistan, which, along with bordering tribal regions of Pakistan, constitutes a major counterterrorism mission for the United States.
Senior Pentagon officials, including Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates, have not publicly spoken of the issue. Officers knowledgeable of the Marine Corps’ push for the new mission did not characterize it as a formal plan.
U.S. troops in Afghanistan operate mainly in the eastern portion of the country, along the Pakistan border. A separate U.S. command includes Special Operations Forces that have the lead in an international mission to track down terrorist cells in Afghanistan.
The Army, the dominant force in both Iraq and Afghanistan — where it has 17 and two combat brigades, respectively — would have at least a portion of its current burden lifted if the Marine proposal is accepted. At the same time, the proposal could help streamline military operations by allowing each service to concentrate on one theater of operations.
Still, intra-service rivalry could lead some in the Army to oppose the change, a senior Army official said. One officer, for example, was critical of a March incident in Afghanistan when a new Marine Corps special operations company was investigated and ordered out of the country when its members killed or wounded more than 40 Afghan civilians after a suicide bomber attacked their passing convoy.
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“intra-service rivalry”. Army, “let me do it”. Marines, “no, let me do it”. You have to love it.
NYT should be sold next to the National Enquirer at the super market check out where it belongs.
October 11th, 2007 at 12:42 amYASNY;
Jest wait ’til the NYT faces bankruptcy and Soros buys it out.
Tho’ even his billions could get et up reel fast by this pig of a paper.
October 11th, 2007 at 1:18 amNYT should be burned wherever they are sold. Make them go out of business.
October 11th, 2007 at 1:19 amJohn Cunningham quote:
“intra-service rivalry”. Army, “let me do it”. Marines, “no, let me do it”. You have to love it. NYT should be sold next to the National Enquirer at the super market check out where it belongs.
Where I live in some of the stores they DO SALE NYT NEXT TO NAT ENQUIRER AND THE SUN! he he he!
October 11th, 2007 at 5:11 amLike I keep saying, the NYT, WAPO and the rest of the leftist toilet papers are good for several things: lining your flower boxes, papering the bird cage, or training your dogs. Youn can also clip coupons and use them for sopping up water leaks (they make for a dandy sponge).
October 11th, 2007 at 6:30 am“NYT should be burned wherever they are sold.”
Yes, that’s exactly the solution in an open, free-speech society.
October 11th, 2007 at 8:45 amGod bless all our troops. Wish this article could be printed in the NYT showing what a bunch of lying scumbag the MSM truly are but I doubt very seriously they would allow that, right? Maybe if more defamation lawsuits were filed against the MSM when they are caught reporting lies, it would eventually force them to be more responsible in their reporting. Maybe then the public would start receving more truth? I know, I know, I’m living in a pipe dream.
The media should have a huge responsibility to the public in reporting truths, after all, whether we like it or not, it’s they who sway public opinion. The sad thing is is that they sawy public opinion based on lies. I would suggest calling for a boycott on the NYT (among others), but there are too many liberals out there who would rather read the lies than hear the truth. It’s an ostrich in the sand thing.
WTF to do?
October 11th, 2007 at 9:20 amshit I might just sign back up. Too many tours in Iraq does get old, but Afghanistan sounds pretty exciting.
Semper Fi Marines!
October 11th, 2007 at 10:43 amCunningham: don’t insult the National Enquirer. I remember when the OJ trial was going on, I could get more info on evidence in the case between the lines in the National Enquirer than in the LA Times. The LA Times was invested in spinning the “LAPD Planted Evidence” story from Johnny Cochran.
October 11th, 2007 at 1:09 pmIn all seriousness, the major dailies make great wipes when you are washing windows. Better than paper towels, for some reason. No streaks.
October 11th, 2007 at 1:10 pm“Marine Corps special operations company was investigated and ordered out of the country when its members killed or wounded more than 40 Afghan civilians after a suicide bomber attacked their passing convoy.”
Thats right and pay back is a bitch McNeill…start packing your silly ass now.
October 11th, 2007 at 6:31 pmNo need to tell me the NYT and the washington post lie. remmeber Jayson blair, the wiriter who fabricated all his stories for the times, and then I witnessed first hand a lie by the post:
I attended a christian coalition function at the washington marriott in 1995 or 96 and during an intermission I stepped outside to se approximately 50 protesters. they comprised the usual, lesbians, pro-abortion and other lib whack jobs. One woman was bare breasted and she and the rest were yelling nasty epithets at the 20 or so of us who were outthere taking pictures of them etc. One coalition member had a sign that read” its adam and eve, not adam and steve” a sign i knew would be a part of the next days news story. sure enough, their was the photo with a story that said that the christian coalition members were the ones shouting epithets at the protesters while they protested quietly and peacefully.
I cancelled my post subsription back and wrote a letter to the editor demanding and apology and my money back. I received neither. arrogant pricks.
October 12th, 2007 at 12:04 am