Crooks and Liars (Free subscription) | 3 hours ago
SHORTER Fred Hiatt: "There is no difference between GW Bush's Iraq surge in 2007 and Barack Obama's Afghan surge in 2010. Only silly Democrats could object to one but support the other." Actually, Fred, there's a big difference between the two. The Bush administration and its supporters saw (continue to see?) Teh Surge 1.0 as essential to "winning" in Iraq,...
Rising Hegemon (Free subscription) | 11 hours ago
Well, there goes my web-traffic. Hiatt: Obama talking about Afghanistan sounds like his predecessor talking about Iraq.
IraqPundit (Free subscription) | 10 hours ago
... to find anyone who doesn't say that the surge worked . A writer in WaPo said it beautifully today. Fred Hiatt wrote : "It's easy to forget, in fact, how many leaders in Washington had concluded that the Iraq war was, as Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid said in April 2007, 'lost.' Today it's common to hear Democrats,including members of the Obama administration, talk about what...
Zandar Versus The Stupid (Free subscription) | 12/04/2009
... complained that Fox News participates in the White House pool, in spite of the fact that it, like Fred Hiatt’s editorial page, produces “pieces with strongly argued points of view.” Nor has he complained that it, like the Politico and the Moonie Times, is owned by right-wing big money.’ Nevertheless, Baker is very worried about his credibility if he has to...
Emptywheel (Free subscription) | 12/03/2009
... helped Judy Miller shield the Vice President’s crimes for almost a year, but who used to work at Fred Hiatt’s paper, is concerned that journalists who work at outlets that produce “pieces with strongly argued points of view” will now be contributing to the press pool. The media industry, as we all know, is changing. And in this transition, there will inevitably be some friction as...
TalkLeft (Free subscription) | 11/30/2009
... of this, too. Ha! One thing for sure, nothing Ezra has written since he joined the WaPo has given Fred Hiatt a moment of concern. The Village is safe from Ezra's pen. Indeed, it has a potent new weapon - the Village Blogger. Speaking for me only
Rising Hegemon (Free subscription) | 11/30/2009
... , while having no issues with liberal complaints over Krauthammer, Samuelson, Robert Kagan, Fred Hiatt, ah, hell most all of the WaPo editorial page. See John F. Harris treat Dick Cheney like a goddamned American war hero.
