Disgraceful shill Andrea Mitchell just gave a two minute speech on Chris Matthew's Hardball in which she stated that "clearly the surge has worked!"
I shit you not.
I'm writing this diary shaking with rage.
What type of "objectivity" is this when the Surge, already given a propaganda name, is then stated to be "working" without any evidence given as to HOW THE FUCK IT HAS WORKED.
The violence dropped when we started paying off insurgents with cash and brokering deals with the mullahs.
What the FUCK does that have to do with the extra 30,000 troops George Bush sent 18 fucking months ago???
How come we never hear peep about the bipartisan Iraq Study Report which stated we should've started pulling troops out in January of 2007???
How come we never hear that the Iraq government remains paralyzed, that millions of Iraqis have had to flee the country to neighboring countries, that violence is down because there's no one left to kill.
That the Surge (tm) was supposed to last SIX MONTHS.
That the 30,000 troops Bush has stuck in Iraq as part of this glorious surge means we don't have any troops to send to Afghanistan which is spiraling into chaos.
Who the fuck are you, Andrea Mitchell, to stick your fact-free opinion into the debate simply because Barack Obama is coming off days of brilliance and success in his campaign? This is not balance. it is FALSE EQUIVALENCY.
You, Andrea Mitchell, you tired, worn out Washington hack fraud, are injecting bullshit to help the republican candidate to try to prove you're "objective." But as any child knows, this is not objective. It is fraud.
If you want to claim sending 30,000 troops to Iraq 18 months ago was "clearly a success" then explain the following, Mitchell you moron:
- How does a plan that was supposed to take six months be considered a "success" in its 18th month?
- How does a plan that removed what little reserves we had from serving in Afghanistan, where even the spineless McCain now agrees needs more troops, constitute a "success"?
- Could there be OTHER factors that have contributed to lowering violence levels that have nothing to do with Teh Surge (tm), Andrea Mitchell you flunkie fraud?
- How do you explain how few political benchmarks were met as part of a six month "Surge" plan in its EIGHTEENTH MONTH??
Andrea Mitchell, a plan is NOT a success if none of the goals, timeframes or larger events intended come to fruition.
Simply lowered violence rates doesn't mean shit, Mitchell you moron.
Now, for balance, Chris Matthews is interviewing disgraced and indicted Trent Lott. Trent Lott is now trashing Obama while Chris Matthews chuckles.
Ladies and gentlemen, our national media.
And now, as I'm typing this:
Trent lott: "Clearly the surge has worked, Senator Obama was wrong about that."
Chris Matthews: Mmmhmmm.
Trent Lott: "The Surge has worked."
Fucking disgraceful.