Spinning the Iraq debacle :
- Let Them Eat War
- Bush goes around the national "media filter"
- Washington Post reaction
- ABC News: Form LTEs from soliders in Iraq
- London Mirror: "Letters of Mass Deception"
- Media reaction to form letters
- Lt. Gen. Boykin : Rumsfeld's new Iraq crusader
Reality check:
Commander's orders: "Shoot to kill"
12 million Iraqis out of work
New U.N. resolution carries little practical effect
Iraq war swells terrorist ranks
U.S. troops demoralized
CRS: supplemental ($87 billion) not needed until next April