Newsweek's "War Whiplash" Injury
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Newsweek magazine is the "Conventional Wisdom" box, generally credited to Senior Editor Jonathan Alter. In this week's "War Whiplash Edition," the magazine confessed: "The CW charts the manic movements of media/Beltway blowhards, whether right or wrong. Occupational hazard: Arrows can spin overnight." But over the years the "wisdom" of the so-called "media/Beltway blowhards" has tilted very sharply to the left. Last week, they gave Vice President Cheney a down arrow:
"Tells Meet the Press just before war, 'We will be greeted as liberators.' An arrogant blunder for the ages." Look at just who made the arrogant historical blunders last week:
| George W. Bush Last Week | vs. This Week | ||
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"Steadfast, but his war cluelessly flings open the gates of hell, making any sort of victory
Pyrrhic." |
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"Looks like he was right about ex-generals' hand-wringing being 'silly.' But it's not over yet." |
| Donald Rumsfeld Last Week | vs. This Week | ||
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"Taking fire from TV retired generals for flawed war plan. And how did you miss the
fedayeen?" |
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"Old
CW: Orders too few troops to do the job. New CW: Brilliant architect of flexible war plan. But it's not over yet." |
| Peter Arnett Two Weeks Ago | vs. This Week | ||
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"Old
CW: Gulf War I has-been. New: Once more, unto the Baghdad breach. 'Shock and awe, indeed, Tom!'" |
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"Old
CW: Old warhorse rehabs career in Baghdad. New CW: Stupidly blows career by going on Saddam TV.
D'oh!" |
