Thursday, April 10, 2008
Politicizing the Medal of Honor
I have to agree, this was not the Bush administration's finest hour. Say it after me: Thou shalt not exploit the granting of a Medal of Honor for political advantage.
That said, our lame-duck President is not out for partisan advantage so much as political capital to defend a policy that he genuinely believes to be in the national interest. But still.
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6 Comments:
By 
, at
Thu Apr 10, 03:52:00 PM:
The ceremony was devoid of political undertones. It seemed to be a short biography, a reading of the citation, and a thank you. And I don't see how such a ceremony could influence hearings that were going on elsewhere the same day; it would have needed to be earlier so people could hear and think about it first.
So, what political advantage?
By , at
Thu Apr 10, 05:37:00 PM:
I don't see any political advantage.
By 
Escort81, at
Thu Apr 10, 07:44:00 PM:
If the timing is upsetting to Mansoor's SEAL team members or family, then that's bad, and the WH screwed up. Otherwise, I think the perception of political advantage is hard to discern.
By , at
Thu Apr 10, 08:06:00 PM:
Wow, WaPo Military scribe looks at the headlines of the day on 4-08-08, and draws a connection. Well done!
But we shall not stop there. Let's see what other things were published on the day Petreus testified. For instance, you Mr. TigerHawk published two (not 1 but 2!) entries promoting Bush lies about al-Sadr 'defeat', on the same day of all days! Here they are:
"Al-Sadr's ceasefire and the Iranian game"
"Der Moqster's face"
How do you explain that, Sir?
By davod, at
Fri Apr 11, 05:43:00 AM:
Carter runs a basically negative intel site and has just moved to the Post.
Why am I not surprised he finds a negative among this.
By davod, at
Fri Apr 11, 05:45:00 AM:
PS:
Carter's move to the Post site could be seen as the Post's way of boosting the profile of negative bloggers in preparation for the elections.
