Washington Post blows it
In a page 1 news story, Washington Post reporter Anne Kornblut accuses Sarah Palin of asserting “that the Iraqi government under Saddam Hussein helped al-Qaeda plan the attacks on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon.”
Just one problem: Palin said no such thing. She simply said that Iraq-bound U.S. troops would “defend the innocent from the enemies who planned and carried out and rejoiced in the death of thousands of Americans.”
As McCain Campaign blogger Michael Goldfarb notes, “It seems we are to assume that this group [al Qaeda in Iraq], despite sharing a name and leadership with the group responsible for the 9/11 attacks, has nothing at all to do with those who ‘planned and carried out and rejoiced in the death of thousands of Americans.’”
Video of Palin’s speech here.
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Since they think tying 9/11 and Iraq together is headline news now, perhaps the Washington Post can next publish a front-page story slamming our troops for making a connection between 9/11 and fighting in Iraq. Let me reprint one of the excerpts I posted in my main 9/11 anniversary post yesterday:
Sgt. Desion Fulks watched the World Trade Center towers come down on television from Fort Rucker, Ala. He re-enlisted three weeks later.
Capt. Joseph Mason, a reservist at the time, immediately volunteered for combat duty after watching what happened in New York and Washington, D.C. He deployed to Iraq two years later with the first wave a troops.
“I was sitting at home, looking at the television, seeing the carnage of the Pentagon and the Trade towers, and I felt I had to do something,” he said.
Both men, and about 5,000 other soldiers with the 3rd Brigade Combat Team of the 1st Cavalry Division from Fort Hood, Texas begin training at Fort Irwin on Thursday, the seven-year anniversary of the Sept. 11 attacks on the World Trade Center, the Pentagon and one other commercial jet. Many of the soldiers, who will deploy to Iraq at the end of December, said the images of Sept. 11, 2001 still flash through their minds.
“I will never forget what happened on 9/11,” said Sgt. 1st Class Mark Linares. “It’s been so long since 9/11, but it is still in my mind like it was yesterday.”Linares, who was with the 82nd Airborne Division when the attacks occurred and knew he would be one of the first soldiers on the ground where ever they had to go. Some soldiers in the 82nd Airborne were in Afghanistan the next month. Capt. Jennifer Bowersox was part of a unit that went to Kuwait when the ground war in Iraq began in 2003. She said then soldiers talked about Sept. 11 as their reason, and they still talk about it today.
“It must be on every soldier’s mind. It’s certainly on mine,” she said. “You’re wearing the American flag on your sleeve. You’re thinking this happened in my nation, and we can never allow it to happen in the United States again.”
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That’s your interpretation of what the left describes as the “Bush Doctrine”. What Palin was trying to determine, is what Gibson’s interpretation was, so she could give an intelligent answer – which she did – unlike Obama, who would have stuttered and hemmed and hawed for 5 minutes. Obama knows little or nothing about anything but what his handlers tell him, as he proves every time he tries to speak without a teleprompter.
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itFixed.
GuitarPlayer, 30 pcs, and Socky,
I applaud your commitment to homeschool your children. When I was stationed in the Air Force in Utah, my wife and I homeschooled as well because the teachers just didn’t seem to give a flip about what was best for the kids.
But, when we moved to Texas, we found a wonderful public school system unsoiled by the liberal ilk being employed at most public schools in the nation today. In the morning, there’s an assembly where parents are encouraged to attend where we sing and pray and have a really fun time with our children. The teachers tell us everyday that they are praying for our kids to do well. It brings a tear to my eye when I think of the blessing this school system has brought to my family. I’m not going to say exactly where it is, just that it’s in North Texas because I’m terrified that the libtards will discover it and sue it out of existence.
I would love lgm to back this one up.
It seems that lgm is having a hard time with consistency here considering how he summarized Sen. Obama’s stance on Pakistan as just like Pres. Bush’s.
Consistency isn’t one of lgm’s strong suits. In fact, I don’t think he has one. Especially math.
I winced at the Bush Doctrine answer at the time, but was surprised today to see that “my” definition wasn’t the consensus.
She didn’t answer the questions perfectly, but she didn’t do anything stupid and stuck to the script. Not a lot of “umms” and “ahhs”, as I recall.
I thought the way she said “Charlie” was insulting and I really liked that part.
Next up is Hannity and she’ll have plenty of time to prepare and watch the videotape.
I love how they think Odhimmi has never been briefed on ant policy issue.
I guess they aren’t aware of what happens once they become the actual candidates.
Their ignorance is absolutely amazing. What they don’t know about basic fundamental civics you could fill the Grand Canyon to overflowing.
And I love how people keep referring to her answers as “Sticking to a script”.
I am sure the cops on here will concur…you don’t give straight forward answers the way she did and does without them being what you absolutely know and believe in. You can’t do that if you are going off a “script”.
That’s where the “Uhhh’s” and “ummm’s” come from. They come from when you are being dishonest, when you are making it up as you go along, when you are trying to remember a “script”.
True. It isn’t that he doesn’t have an answer, it’s just that he can’t give his real answer, because he’s a leftist radical. He has to try to remember the canned “moderate” answer he’s been programmed for.
I don’t have the stomach to read troll comments today, so I’ll just asssume they complained about the SOS. We like Palin and they can’t stand it. End of story.
Mischaracterizing a deployment ceremony speech is repugnant.
Has Ms Kornblut ever experienced the anticipatory grief of a deployment? Thanks for adding to mine with that tripe.
Here is a very powerful video, by an Iraq War veteran, clearly indicating how the left (media, Oblahblah, etc.) just does not get it.
Video here.
Thank you to this veteran for putting this issue into such a clear perspective.
For those who care.
The CURRENT Bush Doctrine is from his 2nd inaugural address in 2005, it’s called the Freedom Agenda. ( look it up)
So when Sarah asked “His world view?” (meaning Bush’s) she was MORE correct than was Gibbon (not sic).
I just head that Gibbon ( monkey-brain) has actually used at least three differant Bush Doctrines in his role as interviewer during the current Bush Admin.
He knew it changed and therefor this was a horrid attempt at a “gotcha”.
Shame on you Charlie Gibson.
Let us know what its like sleeping with Dan Rather, you two deserve each other.
Making up news as you go.
I am just trying to imagine how Sarah would be vilified in the press and elsewhere if she gave as clueless an answer as yours to the question of the Bush Doctrine. As for Obama knowing “the central tenets of US foreign policy,” he knows exactly what is put in front of him on a teleprompter. He has proven that repeatedly. At least Palin can think on her feet, and doesn’t require a list of forbidden subjects that the interviewer is verboten to bring up.
What was the Clinton Doctrine? Oh! That’s right! He didnt have one.
Have you even read one iota of what has been published regarding the tenets of the Bush Doctrine? It’s out there, LGM. Both the articulation by scholars, policy makers, and historians— and the tripe published by Marxist ninnies who do NOT understand what is happening around the world because they are too busy trying to “inherit the earth”.
Completely out of touch with why we have not been attacked in 7 years. 30,000 al Qaeda dead in Iraq. How many more uncounted? Time to run the table. Boo-yaw!
Bear1909 out.
Congratulations on finding a public school that has it right. And thank you for your service.
Sixteen Saudi Arabians, on the orders of a Saudi Arabian, living in Afghanistan, a country in league with Pakistan, a country ruled by a man who came to power in a coup, highjack airplanes and use them as weapons to attack us. Would you attack Morrocco? Lybia? Egypt? Syria?
No doubt there are Al Qaeda in those countries, too. Besides, Pres Bush has already said, Iraq had nothing to do with 9/11.
To continue to connect 9/11 to Iraq is done only to justify our prescence there. Though I do not recall what the exact reaction to 9/11 was in Iraq, it was not the same as in Gaza, where there are videos showing people actually rejoicing in the death of thousands of Americans. Though 9/11 was not planned and executed from Gaza.
What was the reaction in Iran to 9/11? It was that Iran shared intelligence. What was the reaction to our efforts in Afghanistan from Pakistan? It was to let Al Qaeda escape through the mountains into Pakistan.
Note, it was Saddam Hussein that was our tool, which we used to go after Iran. You don’t don’t throw away your tools, you sharpen them.
Finally, it is nice to defend the innocent, but wouldn’t it be better to go after the perpertraitors of 9/11? Not attack those who have helped us in our efforts in Afghanistan, or that have helped us in the past, but to go after those who have stood in our way?
Oh Oh.. Sarah Palin is a “dead on” impersonator!
JFK had Vaughn Meader
Dubya has Steve Bridges
This ia a good omen!
Tina may be hitting a bit hard now, but she sure as hell is going to be rooting for Sarah in the future.
Tina Fey’s career is now going to take off….. big time. Hope she is smart enough to take good advantage of it.
George Bush used Steve Bridges at hot shot media events. Hope Tina Fey is ready to be really successful.
Corrected!!
Here’s Tina Fey!!!!!!!!!
Oh Oh.. Sarah Palin has a “dead on” impersonator!
JFK had Vaughn Meader
Dubya has Steve Bridges
This ia a good omen!
Tina may be hitting a bit hard now, but she sure as hell is going to be rooting for Sarah in the future.
Tina Fey’s career is now going to take off….. big time. Hope she is smart enough to take good advantage of it.
George Bush used Steve Bridges at hot shot media events. Hope Tina Fey is ready to be really successful.