Today's Nytimes misleading headline

This headline is obviously misleading. It suggest that half of the Iraq country is fighting the U.S. While it is actually a much smaller percentage.

Today's Nytimes misleading headline

How is that any different from yesterday's or the day before's?

"All the News that's Spit!"

Iraqis ponder U.S. occupation, next moves
by Jayson Blair

Bakarak, Iraq. Akmar Mohammed leaned against a post on his front porch wistfully overlooking acres of sand dunes. The pain of the last spring's U.S. bombings was etched on his face as with a diamond stylus.

Mr. Mohammed, kicked his boot against the step, and threw his unfinished cigarette into a patch of brownish-red rocks with a bit more force than necessary.

"We told those people to get rid of Saddam and get out, not occupy our country forever" said Mr. Mohammed. He paused and spat vigorously. "Our fine history of tolerance and enlightened self-rule is being ignored by these loose cannons, these cowboys"...

ROFL!

BTW, chalk up another vote for Laz - from me. Make that two....

"This headline is obviously misleading. It suggest that half of the Iraq country is fighting the U.S. While it is actually a much smaller percentage"

It's worse than that.

The headline says "...those willing to put up with the U.S. occupation..." which implies that those who are not fighting us are grudingly "putting up" with us. I believe that a good deal of the population sees us as we really are -- liberators -- not occupiers. And instead of "putting up" with us, are extremely grateful to us for what we've done. They want us to stay until a stable and democratic government is put into place.

For the left, the idea that any Iraqi should feel gratitude to the U.S. is not possible. For the NYT, the idea that the U.S. troops are liberators is unthinkable.

But just look at the latests bombing of the U.N. The chief U.N. officer there who was killed, Sergio Vieira de Mello, was quoted in the WSJ as saying that the terrorists are only interested in fighting the United States who are the occupying force. The U.N. is there only to help the Iraqi people by helping out with "humanitarian" aid. So, of course, the terrorists don't want to harm U.N. workers.

And for that idiotic thinking, the guy got himself "blowed up real good."

The fool! Dosen't he understand that the terrorists aren't fighting "occupiers" - they are fighting "liberators." The U.S. - and now the U.N. - are engaged in liberating Iraq and that's what the terrorists can't stand.

Please give me a link to article.

"We told those people to get rid of Saddam and get out, not occupy our country forever" said Mr. Mohammed. He paused and spat vigorously. "Our fine history of tolerance and enlightened self-rule is being ignored by these loose cannons, these cowboys"...

Huh? He says, "we told these people...". Well if The Butcher knew that, he'd be wood chip fodder. "Loose cannons and cowboys?" This butt sniffer has never seen a cowboy movie, nor does he know anything about W. As far as I'm concerned, I'd turn him over to his body acid dipping pals across the street. He'd cook in HCL more vigorously than a KFC extra crispy.

/end rant. But, you know what, I'd do it.

Take a closer look at what you just ranted about (the Jayson Blair byline should have been a dead giveaway that it was a joke).