A Knife in the Back

As US and British soldiers, sailors, and airmen make last preparations to put their lives on the line, the WaPo is still trying desperately to stab them in the back. The freedom to spread lies, calumny, and anti-American propaganda is one of the things we must work to defend, I guess.

The only element of truth in this piece, published as "news," is the bit about Niger and the false rumor of Iraq's Uranium purchases. What the story doesn't tell you is that UNMOVIC initiated the investigation of this rumor, the US government uncovered its falsehood and revealed it freely in the press and on TV. This was picked up by the international press and spread around the world as an example of US government "duplicity" (by Reuters--imagine that). The only organization telling the truth about this matter was the US government. You won't see that story in WaPo, however.

Meanwhile, here is the Post's core constituency in action.

and here.

Too bad all those men and women facing the possibility of death at the hands of a brutal monster's tyrannical regime don't have a voice--too bad our distant, dilettante, armchair-leftist press sees fit to spit it their faces as they prepare for war. You know the protesters and the press will chuckle smugly when they read of our young men and women being killed...

Monk