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July 10, 2007

Lying Liars Watch

by AltHippo @ 4:19 pm. Filed under hacks, propaganda

As the debate on Iraq begins to shift towards when troops will be brought home, instead of a vague notion of “winning”, how are the loyal Bushies holding up? These, after all, were the ones calling Murtha a coward, and everyone favoring withdrawal a cut-and-runner.

Lying is always one option. If the iron’s hot, then singe reality with it, I guess. Take instapundit:

When even the BBC is saying that Washington looks to be wimping out just as the surge may be working, it’s not a good time to panic.

Here, insty is using the old trick of mischaracterizing a blogger’s post, who in turn has mischaracterized the original at the BBC. Kind of like the game “telephone”, but with propaganda.

Here’s the original:

According to BBC world affairs editor John Simpson, the debate is moving so fast in Washington that Gen Petraeus’s efforts, which might have saved the day for the Bush administration if they had been introduced three, or even two, years ago, may well have come too late.

The BBC story is saying that the surge is too late. Insty is saying don’t pull out, the surge is working. One of these things is not like the other thing.

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