WHAT an amazing post! Thanks. I was so disheartened, reading a bit of the blurb yesterday about his speech, wondering if it were true. But now I see he really was taking on the MSM. I hope to see this in full regalia on the blogs and Talk Radio. Hurray for Sanchez.
Sanchez says the press are snakes and proceeds to walk directly into their pit where his words and meaning are devoured.
And this guy was in charge during the “difficult phase” in Iraq?
Um, get the feeling the two might be connected, and this General, however well meaning, may not be the greatest tactician since Sun Tzu?
Oh my, Im so surprised/sarc off.
And is the MSM covering these comments...?
Silly question, of course not.
The WaPo is playing this as a calling out of the Bush administration’s policies.
So if the MSM doesn’t report it, it didn’t happen. Right?
I don't get this. What does he mean when he says there is a lack of a 'grand strategy'? We are trying to turn the heart of the Arab world and the capital of the Caliphate into a Shiite-based democracy. If we do that Al Qaeda will never be able to put the Caliphate back together again. It doesn't get more grand strategy than that.
Sanchez, for all his insight, has done more harm than good. Did he really think the press would publish his criticisms of them? All he did was give them sound bites to cause pain to the Bush administration. Whatever he thought he might accomplish, he only provided ammo to the anti-war crowd.
Since Sanchez seems to be slamming everyone, how about the comments of some retired Generals while he is at it?
There is only so far I can go with hatred of the MSM before I reach vile swearing and spitting. I achieved that level in 2004 and nothing surprises me anymore.
It isn't BIAS, it is Lying.
Thank you for posting it, so that those who attacked Gen. Sanchez, on this forum, in the mold of moveon.org can, if they care, read the truth and entirety of his statements. They, if they have any, should be totally shamed.
Gen. Sanchez, was, is, and will always be a patriot of the first order. The attacks upon him from the left were understandable. The attacks upon him from those that attend this forum based upon "Conservative" ideology are unconscionable.
But alas, that is the state of this once great Republic. And unfortunately that "political motivation" of victory by any means has crept into this once great forum.
As, General Sanchez stated, both political parties have responsibility for the mess we find ourselves in concerning the War on Terror, as currently represented in Iraq and Afghanistan. Again thank you sir, for doing what you could to restore truth to the forum.
Drudge is playing up the “nightmare” angle just like the Post.
bttt
It is really comming to the point that the MSM IS the ENEMY.
How long before we get to the point where is it “shoot CNN” first on the battlefield.
I can’t help but believe Sanchez is trying to cover his own insufficiencies. He’s pointing his fingers at everybody else and not taking responsibility for the problems that arose while he was in command.
Also, MSNBC just reported that Sanchez has a book coming out. I am sure publicists just love his attacks on the President and the mission in Iraq.
I don’t care that he throws a bone to patriots with his brief condemnation of the media. Sanchez must know that this will never be repeated and all attention would be focused on his finger-pointing at the White House.
I can’t help but believe Sanchez is trying to cover his own insufficiencies. He’s pointing his fingers at everybody else and not taking responsibility for the problems that arose while he was in command.
Also, MSNBC just reported that Sanchez has a book coming out. I am sure publicists just love his attacks on the President and the mission in Iraq.
I don’t care that he throws a bone to patriots with his brief condemnation of the media. Sanchez must know that this will never be repeated and all attention would be focused on his finger-pointing at the White House.
I can’t help but believe Sanchez is trying to cover his own insufficiencies. He’s pointing his fingers at everybody else and not taking responsibility for the problems that arose while he was in command.
Also, MSNBC just reported that Sanchez has a book coming out. I am sure publicists just love his attacks on the President and the mission in Iraq.
I don’t care that he throws a bone to patriots with his brief condemnation of the media. Sanchez must know that this will never be repeated and all attention would be focused on his finger-pointing at the White House.
If that was his message, he should have written an article for National Review or some other reputable organization.
Saying it in a speech effectively dared the press to misquote him - so they did. And frankly, anyone of room temperature IQ could have told him in advance what the money quotes would be - that Iraq is a disaster, and it is GWB’s fault.
If he wanted both messages to get out, he needed to divide them into separate speeches/articles. And if he didn’t know that, then he wasn’t competent to be a GO in the modern military - where press reporting can create the facts you later need to fight!
Great post to set the record straight... the censorship and lies from the DBM has quadrupled within the last 7 years!
Bump!