by Jim Kouri, CPP
With President Bush and Vice President Cheney fighting back against the Democrats and the mainstream news media in their quest to shore up support for the Iraq conflict, reporters have decided to help the Democrats in their attempt garner public support for retreat and surrender. In fact, they’re using a politician they used over a year ago to do it.
While the media always tell Americans that up to 60% of Americans are unhappy with the US involvement in Iraq, what they don’t report is that the same polls show up to 56% don’t believe we should cut and run. That we must finish the job. The media also don’t tell Americans that there are those of us who are unhappy with the way the war is going because we believe we’re not being fierce enough and we’re fed up with this politically correct combat strategy.
So the news media attended a press coference held by Democrat Congressman John Murtha of Pennsylvania and willingly distorted the facts to assist the French-wing of the Democrat Party.
Here’s a sample of the reporting, using part of an Associated Press story:
An influential House Democrat who voted for the Iraq war called Thursday for the immediate withdrawal of U.S. troops from Iraq.
“It is time for a change in direction,” said Rep. John Murtha, D-Pa., one of Congress’ most hawkish Democrats. “Our military is suffering, the future of our country is at risk. We cannot continue on the present course. It is evident that continued military action in Iraq is not in the best interests of the United States of America, the Iraqi people or the Persian Gulf region.”
Breathtaking lead, don’t you think? But is this news? Let’s dissect just these few sentences of an article rife with bias.
Notice how when they wish to stretch the truth as to the importance of a Democrat, the media suddenly make him or her an “influential” House Democrat or Senate Democrat. Murtha has one vote in a body with hundreds of votes. He’s no more influential than Rep. Charlie Rangel. He may have a big mouth, but he’s no more influential than most members of congress. It’s doubtful Murtha even has 100% influence over the voters in his own district. So AP, cut out that influential stuff. In fact, try to remember what you were taught in journalism school — don’t editorialize using adjectives.
Then the AP story attempts to build this image of one of congress’ most “hawkish” Democrats. Unfortunately, we’re supposed to take the AP’s word for it because they provide no examples of what makes Rep. Murtha so hawkish. Perhaps he was just pretending to be for the war effort in order to ensure his re-election in those bygone days when Americans felt an overwhelming surge of patriotism. And it’s not like Murtha woke up yesterday and started to trumpet his opposition to America’s military effort in Iraq. In truth, Murtha has been blatantly anti-war for well over a year now. In fact, he’s advocated negotiating with Al-Qaeda and other terrorists, something absent from the news coverage of this influential hawk. He was one of the first congressman to annouce 18 months ago that the war in Iraq was unwinnable.
The fact of the matter is the Murtha story is a non-story. It’s designed to help the Democrats opposed to the war or Democrats trying to score points with the radical and French wings of their party. It’s designed to throw out statements opposed to speeches given by Bush and Cheney.
Here’s some more drama from the same AP story:
Murtha estimated that all U.S. troops could be pulled out within six months. A decorated Vietnam veteran, he choked back tears during his remarks to reporters.
Murtha’s comments came just two days after the Senate voted to approve a statement that 2006 “should be a period of significant transition to full Iraqi sovereignty” to create the conditions for the phased withdrawal of US forces.
What is it with these wimpy politicians always choking back tears as they mug for the TV cameras and reporters? What’s he crying about anyway? It’s America’s sons and daughters who are over there fighting for their country. And even though the news media bury polls of our military, the truth is that over 75% of them support what we’re doing in Iraq. The news media seem to lovingly embrace any soldier who denigrates the war and Commander-in-Chief, such a Jimmy Massey, and then we learn the guy has an agenda. So what’s all this garbage about Murtha choking back tears. And the AP story mention Murtha’s tears not once but twice.
I’m not going to quote the number of times the AP reporter mentions Murtha was a Vietnam vet, but nowadays that doesn’t mean much since John Kerry tried to ride his four months in Nam into the Oval Office. It’s also noticeable to this writer that reporters within the elite media attempt to insert Vietnam as many times as possible into their articles about Iraq. The only similarity between Vietnam and Iraq is the grown up hippies who are anti-war zealots and the ladies and gentlemen of the press who actively undermine America’s will to win.
Jim Kouri, CPP is currently fifth vice-president of the National Association of Chiefs of Police. He’s former chief at a New York City housing project in Washington Heights nicknamed “Crack City” by reporters covering the drug war in the 1980s. In addition, he served as director of public safety at a New Jersey university and director of security for several major organizations. He’s also served on the National Drug Task Force and trained police and security officers throughout the country. He writes for many police and security magazines including Chief of Police, Police Times, The Narc Officer and others. He’s a staff writer for New Media Alliance (thenma.org), and he’s a columnist for TheConservativeVoice.Com, AmericanDaily.Com, MensNewsDaily.Com, MichNews.Com, and he’s syndicated by AXcessNews.Com. He’s appeared as on-air commentator for over 100 TV and radio news and talk shows including Oprah, McLaughlin Report, CNN Headline News, MTV, Fox News, etc. His book Assume The Position is available at Amazon.Com, Booksamillion.com, and can be ordered at local bookstores. If you wish to sign up for his intelligence reports, write to JimKouriReports@aol.com. Kouri’s own website is located at http://jimkouri.us
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