The Drudge Report in the "old" days would look like this:
Posted on 07/19/2008 5:45:27 PM PDT by WilliamReading
A German magazine quoted Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki as saying that he backed a proposal by presumptive Democratic presidential nominee Sen. Barack Obama to withdraw U.S. troops from Iraq within 16 months. Nuri al-Maliki told Der Spiegel that he favors a "limited" tenure for coalition troops in Iraq.
Nuri al-Maliki told Der Spiegel that he favors a "limited" tenure for coalition troops in Iraq.
"U.S. presidential candidate Barack Obama talks about 16 months," he said in an interview with Der Spiegel that was released Saturday.
"That, we think, would be the right time frame for a withdrawal, with the possibility of slight changes," he said.
But a spokesman for al-Maliki said his remarks "were misunderstood, mistranslated and not conveyed accurately."
Government spokesman Ali al-Dabbagh said the possibility of troop withdrawal was based on the continuance of security improvements, echoing statements that the White House made Friday after a meeting between al-Maliki and U.S. President Bush.
(Excerpt) Read more at cnn.com ...
It appears that the whole controversy from Der Spiegel was a scam. Still, it worked to help Obama, which was the object.
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You were right I was wrong. :-(
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Unbelievable! If I could get a dime for every time this happens I’d be rich!
LOL. Don’t doubt me :)
But a spokesman for al-Maliki said his remarks “were misunderstood, mistranslated and not conveyed accurately.”
Government spokesman Ali al-Dabbagh said the possibility of troop withdrawal was based on the continuance of security improvements, echoing statements that the White House made Friday after a meeting between al-Maliki and U.S. President Bush.
Won't happen again ;-)
Obama operatives probably planted the article...........
OBAMA is a SCAM! Will the American Public figure that out before November 4th, 2008?
Lets pray to GOD that they do!
I still don’t trust Maliki very much, to be honest.
I sipped the kool aid and now I’m embarrassed.
It should not help Obama if the OTHER SIDE in a negotiation agrees with him. But then he is never on our side. Obama is interfering in those negotiations.
They do what the media likes to do when it doesn’t fit their views ... they mislead or even outright lie. Oh looky here, top of the hour ABC radio news is still misleading their listeners about Maliki’s statements.
dude- hussien obama could take a dump in the middle of the road in broad daylight and the liberal media will make it seems as though he did something great....it is an uphill fight with a far leftist who the media loves because he’s black, has a chip on his shoulder and is ready to blame America at the drop of a hat.....
Obama is simply using Bush's goals...A far cry from Obama's IMMEDIATE WITHDRAWAL dating back...6 months at the most.
And of course Obama's assessment was that the surge was a total, complete failure.
Obama simply knows nothing about war...He only understands "control" and communism.
He didn't jump to embrace Obama’s 14 month time line in Jan 06 when the gov’t would have been overrun by islamists. To believe that this government will be comfortable embracing an American occupation of Iraq is naive and foolish. They are glad to be rid of Sadam but not in return for infidels occupying the “sacred” lands.You are right not to trust this guy. Also All Islam wants an Obama presidency because they perceive him as the “weak horse” A backhand slap at McCain by supporting Obama's position makes BHO look presidential and helps him get elected.
Not sure what's going on with Drudge when CNN can beat him to the punch with a follow up correction to the original story - especially this one.
Guess I stick with Free Republic if I want truly cutting edge updates. To hell with Matt Drudge.
Our forefathers suggested TWO Presidents....which was quickly seen as two men disagreeing FOREVER on the simplest of problems.
I sent the info to Drudge, clearly Drudge doesn’t want to report this news.
I have been more than disappointed in Drudge of late, he appears to be in the tank for Obama and has been reluctant to report several news items that are valid.
He hurts himself with a large segment of the population by taking sides, but I guess he doesn’t really care about that.
Guess I stick with Free Republic if I want truly cutting edge updates. To hell with Matt Drudge.
Sounds like just another media spin!!
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The worldwide media is determined to undercut our national security. They hate that we are the strongest nation on earth and that without us they are nothing.
I guess the Obamasiah will be in Iraq soon; it will give Maliki a chance to correct the record in front of Obama; that would work just fine.
Shame on Drudge, shame on the poodles in the media.
Presumably the news will be withheld until after the Sunday talk shows tomorrow morning!
Good rule of thumb here...
Trust nothing that you read in Der Spiegel about the US or our friends.
Transcript of Spiegel interview with Maliki:
http://www.spiegel.de/international/world/0,1518,566852,00.html
Hey rats don’t you get it ... Drawing down troop strength in Iraq means the Surge worked... You cannot say you were in support of the surge because you werent so your plans to draw down the troops in 06 would have been a catatrophe and therefore makes you idiots...
Drudge finally put it up on his site; not as the headline (still the big pic of Maliki and big headlines that he embraces Obama’s plan) but up higher and in red.
I sent it to him twice, plus last time I told him he was losing credibilitly because he is spinning and not reporting. I’m sure my input didn’t make a hill of beans, but it sure made me feel better.
Matt Drudge is such a big disappointment this time around.
I can’t believe the guy is an Obama lover. I don’t visit his site anymore.
Larry Elder is so right about these so-called ‘journalists.’ They really are ‘wannabe opinionmakers-spinners’. Very few are legit journalists.
I don’t think any of them tell the truth. It’s like reporting in arrears. You read something and have to wait to see if it happens.
I wonder if Matt sees a decrease in traffic on his site lately...the endless Obamamercial sure keeps me away.
Drudge seems to revel in headlines that harm the administration.
Further, I noticed that all the news this evening spun the lie for Obama, ignoring the comments by Maliki.
Well who would’ve ever guessed Der Spiegel would mistranslate? DUH!
LOL!
Der Spiegel was notorious for publishing parts of the FAKE Hitler Diaries in the 80s.
This guy perhaps has an ambivalent feelings toward the issue. As an Iraqi Muslim, he’d prefer the US to leave as soon as possible. As somebody who has tasted power and thinks strategically, he knows that at least for a short to intermediate period of time, without the US military his country would turn into chaos in a minute and he will not hold any important position any more.
I stand self-corrected, it was “Der Stern”. Interesting article here.
http://www.spiegel.de/international/zeitgeist/0,1518,548962,00.html
As a poster above stated, it was to help Obama.
Nailed it!
Coinkidink that it happened as Obama is set to visit Germany. German papers were also floating the idea of Obama speaking at Brandenburg Gate like JFK and Kennedy... which Merkel quickly dismissed as silly.
Even putting the translation by Der Spiegel aside, we are fooling ourselves if we think that Maliki didn’t know that this would help Obama and hurt McCain.
Just as Maliki has publicly supported the Hezbollah group, I am sure he also would prefer to see Obama elected President.
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