it's not like he said something definitive like, "it opened a door to a (forthcoming) major strategic victory (down the line) (in the future)". It sure seems ripe for interpretation to me.
Couldn't your own opinion be creating bias towards only one interpretation of his speech? On Mar 20, 2008, at 2:57 PM, Michael Dinowitz wrote: > There are no two ways to take this. They quoted him as saying > "a major strategic victory in the broader war on terror" > This was not what was said. People at the press conference and those > who > read the transcript know this. Whoever wrote/edited this article was > either > lazy, stupid or malicious in intent. Maybe its because I have some > integrity > in what I edit that I expect the same from others. Maybe I'm holding > the BBC > to too high a standard. > > On Thu, Mar 20, 2008 at 3:38 PM, Zaphod Beeblebrox < > [EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> On Mar 20, 2008, at 3:02 PM, Michael Dinowitz wrote: >> >> >>> Bush didn't say the surge had 'brought about' a strategic victory, >>> he said they had 'opened the door' to it. He was saying that the >>> surge has paved the way for a victory over Al Qaeda; he did not say >>> the victory had been achieved. >>> .... >> >> And Pandora didn't bring disease, despair, malice, greed, old age, >> death, hatred, violence, cruelty and war.....she just "opened" the >> box. >> >> You can really take that two ways. He didn't clarify whether we've >> walked through that door or not. With the past behavior, it wouldn't >> be unsafe to assume he believes we have walked through it already. >> >> >> >>> So basically the BBC reported the news the way they wanted to, not >>> the way it was. Truth in media >>>> >> >> Do you want them to just recite the transcript of the speech? Maybe >> there were things seen at the speech other than what was written >> down. >> > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Adobe® ColdFusion® 8 software 8 is the most important and dramatic release to date Get the Free Trial http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;160198600;22374440;w Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/message.cfm/messageid:257052 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5
