Posted by
Gary Gross on Sunday, October 01, 2006 12:52:34 PM
Jack Kelly's column does a great job of exposing the Democrats', with the willing help of their Agenda Media assistants, willingness to only tell half the story on the NIE. The "Iraq jihad" is listed as fueling the jihadist movement, but only as one of four "underlying factors," and not the most important. "We assess that the Iraq jihad is shaping a new generation of terrorist leaders and operatives; perceived jihadist success there would inspire more fighters to continue the struggle elsewhere," the NIE said.
The Times and the Post reported only the first half of that sentence.
Later, the truth gets "sanded off" even more:
"The Iraq conflict has become the cause celebre for jihadists, breeding a deep resentment of U.S. involvement in the Muslim world and cultivating supporters for the global jihadist movement. Should jihadists leaving Iraq perceive themselves, and be perceived, to have failed, we judge fewer fighters will be inspired to carry on the fight."
It’s telling that the Democratic Party has hitched its wagon so closely to such a nothing report. I’m guessing that they’re still thinking that their media allies will carry the ball after they’ve made the initial allegations. For that strategy to work, they have to rely on you not thinking for yourself, instead taking the word of the NY Times, Washington Post and CBS.
Simply put, that's a strategy that's doomed to failure.
The Times and the Post reported only the first sentence in that bullet point. The reason for the omissions is clear. The omitted clause and sentence say jihadist success in Iraq (the likely consequence of a premature U.S. pullout) would increase terrorism elsewhere. Conversely, a perceived jihadist failure in Iraq would discourage jihadists everywhere. These "judgments" in the NIE undermine Democratic calls for withdrawal from Iraq.
Put another way, the omissions were a deliberate attempt to undercut President Bush in wartime. This wasn't the NY Times and Washington Post editorializing about a perceived policy failure. It was the deliberate editing of a information with the goal of manipulating public opinion towards the war. This is proof of the ongoing tyranny within the Agenda Media. The worst part is that this tyranny is done for one purpose: the bringing down a president that they simply disagree with. This isn't the reporting of a set of secrets that the public needs to know about. It's the manipulation of information for purely political purposes. That's an abuse of power and that's the definition of tyranny. Technorati: NIE, NY Times, Washington Post, Agenda Media