http://mediamatters.org/tools/syndication/tag_rss/war_in_iraq This link is for use by RSS-enabled software to retrieve Media Matters items matching the term: War in Iraq en-US Copyright 2009, Media Matters for America http://mediamatters.org/items/200812160013 On <em>Special Report</em>, Mara Liasson said of President Bush's handling of the Iraq war, "I think that history will judge him pretty kindly," but made no mention of the ongoing debate over whether the United States should have initiated the war in the first place or whether it has been worth the cost in lives, money, and diverted attention and resources. She also described Bush as "handing over a war that's pretty manageable, if not almost won, to his successor." Liasson's words closely tracked Bush's own recent descriptions of progress in Iraq, as he has repeatedly discussed the legacy of his presidency. http://mediamatters.org/items/200812160013 Tue, 16 Dec 2008 20:14:14 EST http://mediamatters.org/items/200812100009 On his radio show, Rush Limbaugh falsely claimed that in his first term, President George W. Bush "left a lot of Clinton U.S. attorneys in office, did not sweep them. Only in his second term did he start replacing some." In fact, Bush reportedly replaced 88 of the 93 U.S. attorneys with his own appointees during the first two years of his presidency. http://mediamatters.org/items/200812100009 Wed, 10 Dec 2008 13:25:18 EST http://mediamatters.org/items/200812060003 Several media outlets touted President Bush's purported candor during an ABC interview with Charles Gibson in which Bush said the "biggest regret" of his presidency was the "intelligence failure" regarding the absence of WMD in Iraq and declined to "speculate" whether the administration would have invaded Iraq if the intelligence had shown no WMD. But none of these reports noted the substantial evidence that Bush had already decided to invade Iraq regardless of the available intelligence, or mentioned the substantial uncertainty about the evidence the administration cited in support of the war. http://mediamatters.org/items/200812060003 Sat, 6 Dec 2008 15:20:24 EST http://mediamatters.org/items/200812040019 Claiming that President-elect Barack Obama's "wiggle-room talk is making his party's hard-line, antiwar base very unhappy and there is growing anger in the leftist blogosphere," <em>The Washington Times</em>' Donald Lambro falsely suggested that Obama has only recently proposed a "residual force" of U.S. troops in Iraq, claiming that Obama "<em>now</em> says the U.S. will have 'to maintain a residual force to provide potential training for the Iraqi military, logistical support to protect our civilians in Iraq' " [emphasis added]. In fact, Obama talked throughout the presidential campaign about the likely need for such a force to remain in Iraq. http://mediamatters.org/items/200812040019 Thu, 4 Dec 2008 19:32:35 EST http://mediamatters.org/items/200810240002 CNN's Jason Carroll aired Cindy McCain's claim that Sen. Barack Obama's "vote to not fund my son when he was serving sent a cold chill through my body." However, Carroll did not point out that Sen. John McCain himself voted against legislation to fund the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq. http://mediamatters.org/items/200810240002 Fri, 24 Oct 2008 10:00:07 EST http://mediamatters.org/items/200810090011 MSNBC.com's First Read again falsely claimed that Sen. John McCain "opposed, but did not vote," on a 2007 troop-funding appropriations bill. In fact, while McCain did not vote on a later version of the appropriations bill, he voted against the measure on March 29, 2007, and said at the time that he was opposing it, in part, because it "would establish a timeline" for U.S. withdrawal from Iraq. <br /> http://mediamatters.org/items/200810090011 Thu, 9 Oct 2008 13:11:53 EST http://mediamatters.org/items/200810090004 The <em>CBS Evening News</em>, Fox News' <em>The Live Desk</em>, and the <em>Politico</em>'s Jonathan Martin noted Cindy McCain's attack on Sen. Barack Obama that his "vote to not fund my son when he was serving sent a cold chill through my body." However, none of their reports pointed out that Sen. John McCain himself voted against legislation to fund the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq. http://mediamatters.org/items/200810090004 Thu, 9 Oct 2008 09:34:48 EST http://mediamatters.org/items/200810040003 On <em>Lou Dobbs Tonight</em>, Michael Goodwin and Lou Dobbs falsely claimed that Sen. Joe Biden was wrong when he said during the vice-presidential debate that Sen. John McCain "voted against funding the troops" in a 2007 bill making supplemental appropriations for troops in Iraq and Afghanistan. In fact, McCain voted against a supplemental appropriations bill on March 29, 2007, saying at the time that he was opposing it, in part, because it "would establish a timeline" for U.S. withdrawal from Iraq. http://mediamatters.org/items/200810040003 Sat, 4 Oct 2008 15:00:30 EST http://mediamatters.org/items/200810030025 <em>The New York Times</em> and the<em> Los Angeles Times</em> both reported Gov. Sarah Palin's attack during the vice-presidential debate that Sen. "Barack Obama voted against funding troops" without noting, as Sen. Joe Biden pointed out in response, that "[Sen.] John McCain voted the exact same way. John McCain voted against funding the troops because of an amendment he voted against had a timeline in it to draw down American troops." http://mediamatters.org/items/200810030025 Fri, 3 Oct 2008 18:53:49 EST http://mediamatters.org/items/200810030010 In reports on the vice presidential debate, CBSNews.com, MSNBC.com, and FactCheck.org all falsely claimed that Sen. Joe Biden's statement that Sen. John McCain "voted against funding the troops" in a 2007 appropriations bill was wrong. In fact, while McCain did not vote on a later version of the appropriations bill, he voted against the measure on March 29, 2007, and said at the time that he was opposing it, in part, because it "would establish a timeline" for U.S. withdrawal from Iraq. http://mediamatters.org/items/200810030010 Fri, 3 Oct 2008 12:01:42 EST http://mediamatters.org/items/200810020031 ABC News correspondent Kate Snow uncritically quoted Gov. Sarah Palin's claim that Sen. Barack Obama voted for "[c]utting off funding for our troops while in a war zone." However, Snow did not report that Sen. John McCain voted against legislation to fund the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq, as Obama noted during the September 26 presidential debate. http://mediamatters.org/items/200810020031 Thu, 2 Oct 2008 23:00:41 EST http://mediamatters.org/items/200810010008 The<em> Los Angeles Times</em> quoted a new Vets for Freedom ad that claims, "Barack Obama skipped 45% of Senate votes but did manage to show up to vote against emergency funding for our troops," but the <em>Times </em>failed to note that Sen. John McCain has voted against legislation to fund the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq -- a point Obama made during the first presidential debate when McCain accused him of voting against troop funding. http://mediamatters.org/items/200810010008 Wed, 1 Oct 2008 13:02:54 EST http://mediamatters.org/items/200809280007 On NBC's <em>Meet the Press</em>, Tom Brokaw did not challenge Steve Schmidt's false claim that Sen. John McCain "called for the firing of Don Rumsfeld." In fact, the McCain campaign itself reportedly admitted that McCain did not call for Rumsfeld to be fired, or for his resignation. http://mediamatters.org/items/200809280007 Sun, 28 Sep 2008 16:53:40 EST http://mediamatters.org/items/200809270011 CNN aired clips of what correspondent Jim Acosta called a "new ad from John McCain" that "makes one of the most explosive charges of the campaign, accusing Barack Obama of endangering American soldiers by voting to cut off funds for the war." Despite mentioning that Obama said in the September 26 presidential debate that "he opposed that bill because it lacked a timeline for troop withdrawal," Acosta failed to note Obama also pointed out that McCain himself has voted against legislation to fund the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq. http://mediamatters.org/items/200809270011 Sat, 27 Sep 2008 19:32:12 EST http://mediamatters.org/items/200809060004 After airing a video clip of Sen. Barack Obama saying of the "the surge of U.S. troops in Iraq," "I've already said, it's succeeded beyond our wildest dreams," ABC's David Wright stated, "The McCain campaign has been pushing Obama for weeks to admit that he was wrong to oppose the surge, a policy McCain championed early on," falsely suggesting that Obama said during his interview that he was wrong to oppose the surge. http://mediamatters.org/items/200809060004 Sat, 6 Sep 2008 15:21:34 EST