You are right. Even the title—Walker is turning the state into a “battleground.” Is it Walker or the unions who started the battle? If the news was reported straight—that all Walker did was propose reducing benefits to a realistic (but still better than the private sector) level—readers would realize just how unreasonable unions are being. Readers would realize that unions have incredible power at the expense of taxpayers and are turning the state into a battleground to keep their privileged position.
The Left has followed Osama bin Laden's playbook, that called all jihadists to Iraq and Afghanistan to fight their "enemy."