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500: Deadly U.S. Milestone in Afghan War
Posted by Duncan on August 8th, 2008
Yep. Actual headline from the New York Times.
Oh well. Time to begin undermining the war they all claim they support.
The Afghanistan War was “forgotten” only by the media because it was, until recently, going rather well with few casualties. It was “forgotten” because a successful war conflicted with The Narrative on Bush, and war as a general matter.
Now that Iraq seems all but won, it is Iraq’s turn to be “forgotten” so that the NYT can bring its special brand of doom and defeatism to the newly-remembered Afghanistan War.
The media has all but stopped covering Iraq. Just as the media refused to cover the “forgotten” Afghanistan War during the previous years.
They’re so transparent about it. It’s a cliche, but I can’t help but say it again: They’re not even bothering to hide it anymore.
August 8th, 2008 at 12:36 pm
Recall when Iraq war lives hit 50…100…200…and so on.
No one cares about 49, 99, 199…it’s only the nice even numbers that get attention.
The MSM is pathetic. They don’t give a rats’ ass about these men and women who have died. They do like to use the stats of war as tool to rally against winning though.