When the President of the United States takes orders from Iraq on what our military does or does not do, then we have truly lost control in Iraq. President Bush lied (as he always does) when he said he would never let a foreign power tell our military what to do.
The most upsetting thing about this is that I could only find a few articles on this topic, while I could find over 1,600 articles on the lies about the John Kerry joke.
He's A Soldier
Meet Ahmed Qusai al-Taei. He's an American. He's a soldier. And he's been kidnapped in Iraq.A more important topic: Bush abandoned a U.S. soldier behind enemy lines
He was kidnapped at gunpoint on October 23rd, when militiamen handcuffed him and shoved him into the trunk of a car. The military immediately set up roadblocks and checkpoints in Sadr City, a neighborhood of Baghdad where it was suspected the kidnappers were hiding the captured soldier. Every car in and out of the area was inspected for him. Houses were searched. Drones were used. The full force of the United States military demonstrated that it would not leave a man behind.
Until the Iraqi government forced us out of Sadr City. The military obeyed, and retreated. And the soldier's fate remains unknown.
George Bush just abandoned a U.S. soldier behind enemy lines on the order of Iraq's government.U.S. Obeys Order to Abandon Checkpoints
BAGHDAD, Iraq -- U.S. troops on Tuesday abandoned checkpoints around the Shiite militia stronghold of Sadr City on orders from Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki, the latest in a series of moves by the Iraqi leader to assert his authority with the U.S. administration.U.S. military abandons checkpoints
U.S. military abandons checkpointsset up to locate an abducted soilder on the orders of the Iraqi Prime Minister. The AP has the story:LA Times, network news hyped Kerry comments, downplayed story about kidnapped U.S. soldier
Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki flexed his political muscle Tuesday and won U.S. agreement to lift military blockades on Sadr City and another Shiite enclave where an American soldier was abducted.
U.S. forces, who had set up the checkpoints in Baghdad last week as part of an unsuccessful search for the soldier, drove away in Humvees and armored personnel carriers at the 5 p.m. deadline set by al-Maliki.
Summary: On October 31, the network news led with coverage of the controversy surrounding Sen. John Kerry's "botched joke," downplaying a story on the U.S. military's accession to an order by Iraqi's prime minister to dismantle checkpoints around Sadr City that were part of an effort to locate a missing U.S. soldier. The Los Angeles Times ran the Kerry story on the front page of its print edition, relegating the story on Sadr City to Page 10.After trumpeting Bush's defense of the troops, media have yet to challenge Bush decision to dismantle checkpoints and downgrade search for missing soldier in Iraq
Summary: The media have devoted substantial attention to Republican reactions to Sen. John Kerry's recent remarks on Iraq and the administration's accusations that they could hurt troop morale, but the media have not challenged the administration on its decision to dismantle military checkpoints related to the search for an abducted U.S. soldier or the effect that decision might have on morale.
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