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December 12, 2005All this optimism, yet ABC is suprised!ABC reports: Huh. Imagine that. In just three years, the Iraqis are taking to Democracy like ducks to water, the rest of the Middle East (whether covered or not) are wondering when they get their turn…and it’s all a big freaking surprise to a major organization charged with gathering and delivering information. And yet…so many of us are not surprised at all. Those of us who actually find Joe Lieberman more credible than, say, Howard Dean, are not surprised. Says Ed Morrissey: This looks like the progress that Joe Lieberman mentioned when he returned from his last visit from Iraq and tried to explain to his colleagues that preaching disaster and falling skies simply didn’t match reality. Another point also demonstrates the lies that Democrats have used in trying to scare the American public into losing the war. It turns out that 80% of Iraqis don’t want the Americans out “right now”, but only 26%. In fact, 52% want the US to leave no sooner than when their army and security forces have received adequate training to handle internal and external threats by themselves — which is exactly what the Bush administration plan requires. Democrat rhetoric aside, no, none of this is surprising. On the Border is not surprised, and gives charitable props to ABC for finally reporting it. SoCal Pundit is not surprised, and he’s a little less charitable. Beth is not surprised, and she’s proud of her marines. Don Singleton does not find it surprising. Jason does not find it surprising:so, let’s review that. In Iraq, Yet ABC News is “surprised”. That is not surprising. Actually, if you look at the facts in Iraq, some Americans may get envious. Jason does wonder, though, what the hell is the matter with liberals, sometimes. Dr. Sanity is not surprised, but she is digusted that the press, not liking the election story, is focusing on something else. Two guesses - it’s not the vote, and it’s not the Iraqi/AlQ connections. Tigerhawk is not surprised, but he wonders why so many seem confused. La Malkin is not surprised, and she is rounding up others who are not. Polipundit is not surprised, and has predictions. But ABC - a news organization that’s supposed to be on top of things - was surprised. Things are getting very interesting. And you know what, the NY Times is correct: everything really is Bush’s fault http://theanchoressonline.com/2005/12/12/all-this-optimism-yet-abc-is-suprised/trackback/ 6 Responses to “All this optimism, yet ABC is suprised!” |
December 12th, 2005 at 5:38 pm
[...] UPDATE Mon, 12/12/05 02:31 - The Anchoress has posted her take on the new poll and ABC’s reaction to it here. [...]
December 12th, 2005 at 5:57 pm
ABC got that dig in, though - “increasingly disaffected Sunnis”…
December 12th, 2005 at 6:59 pm
Here is more on the poll. More than two-thirds of those surveyed oppose the presence of troops from the United States and less than half, 44 percent, say their country is better off now than it was before the war.
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But aside from that, I hear those who support the Iraq war talk of victory in Iraq. Because the war in Iraq is a war on terrorism, winning in Iraq to me will be when terrorism around the world stops
December 12th, 2005 at 7:38 pm
Well isn’t that interesting. Over two thirds “oppose the presence” of US troops but a decisive majority also don’t want the US troops to leave till Iraq can take care of itself.
Hmm. Interesting wordings in that article. Guess its authors wanted to still provide material for use by wandering Americaphobic leftist agitprop chanters.
Oh, that biased media.
December 12th, 2005 at 8:09 pm
I got a chance to catch my local ABC affiliate’s mid-day newscast and I had to laugh. They could even manage to mention their own poll. They had a network report with ABC reporters standing around saying that even Bush has begun to speak more realistically, more negatively, about the ‘worsening situation” in Iraq. Lest you think that they had already prepared their script and couldn’t fit it in, the network reporter managed to mention Bush’s declining poll numbers(she must be a month behind in reading them, I guess) in response to a local anchor’s question. And then talk about “the growing pessimism in Iraq.”
Sadly, this won’t be the first time a network has spiked, or at least downplayed their own poll when the results didn’t fit with their template.
December 12th, 2005 at 10:37 pm
What says the Iraqis?
From ABCNews.com: Surprising levels of optimism prevail in Iraq with living conditions improved, security more a national worry than a local one, and expectations for the future high. But views of the country’s situation overall are far less positive,…