Comments on: At Least Iraqi Officials Hail The U.S. Invasion Of Iraq http://themoderatevoice.com/10486/at-least-iraqi-officials-hail-the-us-invasion-of-iraq/ An Internet hub with domestic and international news, analysis, original reporting, and popular features from the left, center, indies, centrists, moderates, and right Sun, 27 May 2012 22:56:18 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.2 By: CStanley http://themoderatevoice.com/10486/at-least-iraqi-officials-hail-the-us-invasion-of-iraq/comment-page-1/#comment-47172 CStanley Sat, 27 Jan 2007 13:56:13 +0000 http://themoderatevoice.com/war/at-least-iraqi-officials-hail-the-us-invasion-of-iraq/#comment-47172 Rudi, It wasn't just the Reuter's headline, it was the lead paragraph. It would have been very easy to miss that the actual wording in the direct quote was different than the way they were paraphrasing it. Rudi,
It wasn’t just the Reuter’s headline, it was the lead paragraph. It would have been very easy to miss that the actual wording in the direct quote was different than the way they were paraphrasing it.

]]> By: Kevin H http://themoderatevoice.com/10486/at-least-iraqi-officials-hail-the-us-invasion-of-iraq/comment-page-1/#comment-46992 Kevin H Fri, 26 Jan 2007 23:08:57 +0000 http://themoderatevoice.com/war/at-least-iraqi-officials-hail-the-us-invasion-of-iraq/#comment-46992 I too would like to be able to expect accuracy from my news headlines. All it would take is a one word change. I too would like to be able to expect accuracy from my news headlines. All it would take is a one word change.

]]> By: Rudi http://themoderatevoice.com/10486/at-least-iraqi-officials-hail-the-us-invasion-of-iraq/comment-page-1/#comment-46914 Rudi Fri, 26 Jan 2007 21:22:46 +0000 http://themoderatevoice.com/war/at-least-iraqi-officials-hail-the-us-invasion-of-iraq/#comment-46914 CS In all your years you should know not to trust a headline. Are we just skimming..... CS In all your years you should know not to trust a headline. Are we just skimming…..

]]> By: CStanley http://themoderatevoice.com/10486/at-least-iraqi-officials-hail-the-us-invasion-of-iraq/comment-page-1/#comment-46791 CStanley Fri, 26 Jan 2007 18:07:04 +0000 http://themoderatevoice.com/war/at-least-iraqi-officials-hail-the-us-invasion-of-iraq/#comment-46791 Rudi, I was primarily making the point that Reuter's twisted the quote to mean something other than what it really was, and I included the part about troop strength just as a matter of interest. Certainly his comments could be (or maybe even probably are) duplicitous, but I'd still prefer to read what he actually said, not the misquote by Reuters. Rudi,
I was primarily making the point that Reuter’s twisted the quote to mean something other than what it really was, and I included the part about troop strength just as a matter of interest. Certainly his comments could be (or maybe even probably are) duplicitous, but I’d still prefer to read what he actually said, not the misquote by Reuters.

]]> By: Rudi http://themoderatevoice.com/10486/at-least-iraqi-officials-hail-the-us-invasion-of-iraq/comment-page-1/#comment-46764 Rudi Fri, 26 Jan 2007 16:56:28 +0000 http://themoderatevoice.com/war/at-least-iraqi-officials-hail-the-us-invasion-of-iraq/#comment-46764 <blockquote>Iraq VP: Iraqi occupation was idiotic Adel Abdel Mahdi says plan to stifle violence in Baghdad could work, <strong>claims Iraq is not in grip of civil war</strong></blockquote>. SCIRI is in a power play with Maliki for Shia control of ultimate control of Iraq. SCIRI's leader is al-Hakim who visited with Bush. No Civil War and no Plan B (Maliki out/Hakim in), CS shirley you jest.

Iraq VP: Iraqi occupation was idiotic

Adel Abdel Mahdi says plan to stifle violence in Baghdad could work, claims Iraq is not in grip of civil war

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SCIRI is in a power play with Maliki for Shia control of ultimate control of Iraq. SCIRI’s leader is al-Hakim who visited with Bush. No Civil War and no Plan B (Maliki out/Hakim in), CS shirley you jest.

]]> By: CStanley http://themoderatevoice.com/10486/at-least-iraqi-officials-hail-the-us-invasion-of-iraq/comment-page-1/#comment-46691 CStanley Fri, 26 Jan 2007 14:18:10 +0000 http://themoderatevoice.com/war/at-least-iraqi-officials-hail-the-us-invasion-of-iraq/#comment-46691 [Sorry if this is a duplication, not sure if my previous post is being held up by moderation (do you get a message indicating that?) or if I neglected to hit the submit button.] The Reuter's headline and their first paragraph have distorted Mahdi's comment to say that he characterized the US invasion as an idiot decision. He actually made that statement about the US <em>occupation</em>, not the invasion itself. <blockquote>"Iraqis and Iraq had been put under occupation, which was an idiot decision," the Shiite vice president said in a debate, while cataloguing mistakes accumulated by all sides -- US and Iraqi -- over the past four years.</blockquote> <a href="http://www.middle-east-online.com/english/iraq/?id=19288" rel="nofollow">This story </a>gives more context (he was listing all the mistakes that were made after the invasion by the US and Iraq.) Also important to note that he is saying that stabilizing Baghdad is critical and that more troops are needed. [Sorry if this is a duplication, not sure if my previous post is being held up by moderation (do you get a message indicating that?) or if I neglected to hit the submit button.]

The Reuter’s headline and their first paragraph have distorted Mahdi’s comment to say that he characterized the US invasion as an idiot decision. He actually made that statement about the US occupation, not the invasion itself.

“Iraqis and Iraq had been put under occupation, which was an idiot decision,” the Shiite vice president said in a debate, while cataloguing mistakes accumulated by all sides — US and Iraqi — over the past four years.

This story gives more context (he was listing all the mistakes that were made after the invasion by the US and Iraq.) Also important to note that he is saying that stabilizing Baghdad is critical and that more troops are needed.

]]> By: CStanley http://themoderatevoice.com/10486/at-least-iraqi-officials-hail-the-us-invasion-of-iraq/comment-page-1/#comment-46671 CStanley Fri, 26 Jan 2007 13:25:52 +0000 http://themoderatevoice.com/war/at-least-iraqi-officials-hail-the-us-invasion-of-iraq/#comment-46671 The Reuters headline and the first paragraph have Mahdi saying that the invasion of Iraq was an idiot decision, but the direct quote shows that he was referring to the occupation, not the invasion itself. And <a href="http://www.middle-east-online.com/english/iraq/?id=19288" rel="nofollow">here,</a> from a different source, there's more context: <blockquote>"Iraqis and Iraq had been put under occupation, which was an idiot decision," the Shiite vice president said in a debate, while cataloguing mistakes accumulated by all sides -- US and Iraqi -- over the past four years.</blockquote> To misstate this as being about the invasion itself implies that Mahdi thinks they'd be better off if they'd been left under Saddam's rule, but what he was actually saying wasn't about the US invasion itself, rather about mistakes that were made in the aftermath. The Reuters headline and the first paragraph have Mahdi saying that the invasion of Iraq was an idiot decision, but the direct quote shows that he was referring to the occupation, not the invasion itself. And here, from a different source, there’s more context:

“Iraqis and Iraq had been put under occupation, which was an idiot decision,” the Shiite vice president said in a debate, while cataloguing mistakes accumulated by all sides — US and Iraqi — over the past four years.

To misstate this as being about the invasion itself implies that Mahdi thinks they’d be better off if they’d been left under Saddam’s rule, but what he was actually saying wasn’t about the US invasion itself, rather about mistakes that were made in the aftermath.

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