Tet's Real Lesson (Must Read -- Wall Street Journal rips CNN for aiding the enemy)

The Wall Street Journal ^ | October 19, 2006 | James Taranto

[Zakeet]

We have long argued that America's mainstream media--because of what they see as the "lessons of Vietnam"--are actively working to promote American defeat in Iraq. (We gave this theme a lengthy treatment in a talk last November at the Hudson Institute, which later became an essay in the February issue of The American Spectator.) From CNN comes one of the most striking bits of evidence yet that this is the case. This promo for a "CNN exclusive" appears today on the homepage of CNN.com (we've captured it here for posterity as well):

Almost 2,800 Americans have been killed so far in Iraq and one of the most dangerous insurgent opponents is the sniper. CNN has obtained graphic video from the Islamic Army of Iraq, one of the most active insurgent organizations in Iraq, showing its sniper teams targeting U.S. troops. The Islamist Army says it wants talks with the United States and some Islamist Internet postings call for a P.R. campaign aimed at influencing the American public. The video is disturbing to watch but CNN believes the story, shocking as it is, needs to be told.

By airing this video, CNN is participating in what it acknowledges is "a P.R. campaign aimed at influencing the American public" in ways favorable to America's enemies. And the network does not even seem to realize what a shocking admission this is.

[Balata]

bttt

[oh8eleven]

I lost twenty-one of twenty-six close friends there, all hero's from my perspective.
Ask any combat vet and he'll tell you the real heroes are the ones who didn't make it back.
Semper Fi ..

[T. Buzzard Trueblood]

Tet...was a military victory for the U.S. that turned into a propaganda victory for the communists because American journalists presented a false picture of what had happened.

Bump.

[Wolverine]

[Arizona Carolyn]

I did flip over there by accident last night -- Jack Cafferty was on spewing the worst things about the President, so I flipped it off... They just get worse and worse.