[Jonah Johansen]

"but they might have kept us from murdering even more Iraqi civilians" Isn't this a new lowfor Newsweek and the MSM in general. I think it reveals just how deep the hatred for America runs in the newsrooms of the Main Stream media.

[darkwing104]

The guy is a loon rehashing old news...

[MNJohnnie]

I am sorry. But until Newsweak apologises for the hundreds of Americans their fraudlent "Flush the Koran" story has, and will kill. they have no moral standing to render any judgements on anything. They have ZERO intellectual or moral crediblity.

[Patrick1]

But after disasters like the failed attempt on Zawahiri,

Huh?

[snowrip]

>>>>Washington’s enthusiasm for remote-control assassination is partly about boys with toys. But after disasters like the failed attempt on Zawahiri, we need to take a closer look at the tactic...... <<<<

This quote reveals two things immediately: Newsweek has ZERO grasp of the serious nature of combat, and Newsweek has ZERO grasp of the facts.

BTW, I don't call an attack where several of the top Al Q'aida guys were taken out a "disaster"... no one in their right mind would, either. The utter fallacy of non-lethal warfare, which liberals embrace with a lemming-esque abandonment of rationale, will never, ever, EVER hold up to real life.

[cake_crumb]

Newsweak never publishes "news". I flush in their general direction.

[brainstem223]

Failed?,,,,, HA! the missiles detonated and killed enemy, sounds like the sweet smell of success to me...

[grand old partier]

The "author" of this article is obviously partial to medical metaphores so how bout this one: letting politicians run a war is like letting medical malpractice lawyers perform surgery. The doctors and nurses (or in this case the generals and soldiers) need to perform the surgery for it to turn out right...LET THE MILITARY RUN THE WAR!

[spinestein]

[...or an atrocity like the 1991 obliteration of a bomb shelter in Baghdad]



I vaguely remember this, but not the details.

Didn't this turn out to be a bogus story cooked up by the Iraqi government for propaganda purposes? Or am I thinking of some other similar incident?

[SZonian]

That was no Iraqi "bomb shelter"!! MF'ers!! It was a known military bunker (supposedly command and control) that, unbeknownst to the mission planners, had been converted to a "bomb shelter". We hit it and rightfully so. It was a military target. You don't put up a fence and barbed wire around a bomb shelter. Newsweak has hit below the belt with that statement, but then again, what else is new.

Rant off

SZ

[dighton]

Front-runner for Flaming Asshat of the Week.

[Petronski]

Only one thing could explain an attitude as pissy AND prissy as this: prolapsed colon.

[timsbella]

I fail to see how killing bomb makers and mass poisoners is a "failure" - looks pretty much on the mark, but heck, that's just me.

[Kenton]

But after disasters like the failed attempt on Zawahiri, we need to take a closer look at the tactic......

Well, just between you and me, I think that ol' Zawahiri may have been one of the bodies they took away with them after the attack.

Because there were eye-witness reports they took away several bodies. And the ones they left behind we pretty far up the AQ food chain, so until he proves differently, I am going to presume we got the bastard.

[Mark Felton]

1) The 2006 bombing against Al-Zawaheri in Afghanistan was a SUCCESS: 4 known terrorists ided, plus sympathizers including the Al Qaida top bopmb maker who had a $5M bounty on his head.

2) 1999 China Embassy Belgard bombing was a success. Officially it was a mistake but Chinese embassy had been receiving parts of the downed F-117 stealth fighter.

3) 1991 Baghdad bunker was a communicationcs command and control center (yes it had a civilian bunker as well). This building had been under direct ground surveillance and the bomb was laser guided by a man on the ground only a couple of blocks away.

[tgslTakoma]

But after disasters like the failed attempt on Zawahiri, we need to take a closer look at the tactic......

Yes, it was a disaster.

A disaster for the terrorists who were killed.

I can see why somebody writing for Newsweek would be wringing his hands over this.

[csvset]

Here's the slug's Bio

Look who he's worked for, I'm not surprised that he's paid to write crap.

He has also written for Foreign Affairs, Vanity Fair, The New Yorker, Wired, Rolling Stone, The New York Review of Books, The New York Times Book Review, and The New Republic, among other publications. He is a frequent commentator on CNN, MSNBC and National Public Radio, as well as other television and radio networks.

[Dave278]

I heard Zawahari (SP?) had missed the dinner. The MSM was loudly reporting 16 civilians had been killed and this operation was a botched job. My first thoughts were that anyone having this guy over for dinner is probably not a innocent party. Now it turns out we ended up with a fish-a-barrel type situation. All signs point out that it was a target rich environment. Hope the MSM will report the truth about it now.

[talleyman]

[Lead story in Newsweek Al Jazeera site]

There, that's better.

[Another Thought]

Well, well, well... once again NEWSWEEK is right on top of things, huh?

[WOSG]

"But after disasters like the failed attempt on Zawahiri, we need to take a closer look at the tactic......"

OOPS, Mr Dickey, we killed 4-8 Al Qaeda operatives.

Yeah, a 'disaster'. Sure. For which side?