BULLY BOY PRESS & CEDRIC'S BIG MIX -- THE KOOL AID TABLE
WHILE NOT DISMISSING THE POLL, CRANKY APPEARED UNFAZED BY THE RESULTS.
"WHEN I MOVED TO ARKANSAS," SHE TOLD THESE REPORTERS EARLIER TODAY, "PROBABLY 99% OF THE PEOPLE THERE THOUGHT I WAS STUCK UP BUT I STILL BECAME FIRST LADY OF ARKANSAS. THE MORAL HERE IS THAT THE PEOPLE DON'T MATTER. I MATTER. JUST ME. NO ONE ELSE. I SHOULD PUT THAT ON A T-SHIRT."
The bombs keep falling but the White House tries to pretend the war is over.
- "Obama is the 4th US president to bomb Iraq, inevitably his successor will be number 5" http://ow.ly/UtpLC
At today's US Defense Dept press briefing, Pentagon spokesperson Peter Cook was asked about the airstrikes.
Q: And in terms of the figures that have come out in the last week that the U.S. is carrying out 95 percent of the airstrikes in Syria, 78 percent of the airstrikes if you include Iraq and Syria -- are those figures accurate? And does the U.S. still plan to shoulder the -- the -- the bulk of these airstrikes? Or are you trying to get other allies to pick up some of the air war?
MR. COOK: Well, as you know, Jennifer, we continue to work with the -- with a substantial and large coalition, and those coalition members are contributing in a host of ways -- not just in terms of aircraft.
But -- but some of those nations -- many of those nations -- do continue to engage in airstrikes on behalf of the coalition. But that's not all they're doing.
Some have provided bases with which to carry out the fight against ISIL. Some have provided financial support for this effort, training, as well. So there's a whole host of ways in which these coalition members have -- have stepped up.
Yes, it's true, the United States has conducted most of the -- a significant number of the -- of the airstrikes to date. There have been more than 8,000 to date.
Spin, spin, spin.
That's what Cook served up and what the American press swallowed.
No one raised the issue of Sunday's deaths.
National Iraqi News Agency reported "the International Coalition Aircraft" launched an airstrike in Mosul which killed "11 civilians, including six children, and wounding five others."
Barbara Starr and her contemporaries aren't interested in shaking the boat.
They just want to parrot whatever lie the Defense Dept feeds them.
Spin, spin, spin.
They don't want reality. Earlier this week, Press TV notes, "The Pentagon is ready to compensate the families of Iraqis killed by American bombs during US airstrikes against purported Daesh (ISIL) positions there, a new report says." They're cribbing from Kate Brannen's Daily Beast report which notes:
The Pentagon is about to get a $5 million fund to pay the Iraqi families of civilians killed by American airstrikes. It’s a big change for the U.S. military, which has yet to publicly acknowledge accidentally killing or wounding any innocents in the country even after 3,586 airstrikes targeting the so-called Islamic State.
The US government, repeating "has yet to publicly acknowledge accidentally killing or wounding any innocents."
But they do and now they've got the slush fund to toss a few pennies at the family members of the dead and wounded in an attempt to shut them up. Al Bawaba explains:
The fund for Iraq falls under a program that is actually intended for Afghanistan-- dubbed the Commanders’ Emergency Response Program (CERP).
Under CERP, US commanders can approve up to $2,500 per person or damaged property, but higher-ups are allowed to sign bigger sums if needed.
This means the US could hand out up to 2,000 “condolence payments” to Iraqis over the next year.
Pennies tossed at the families of the dead and wounded in an attempt to assuage guilt.
Under CERP, US commanders can approve up to $2,500 per person or damaged property, but higher-ups are allowed to sign bigger sums if needed.
This means the US could hand out up to 2,000 “condolence payments” to Iraqis over the next year.
Pennies tossed at the families of the dead and wounded in an attempt to assuage guilt.
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