Baghdad Bob must be running communications strategy at the White House

The much maligned but always piercing words of Iraq’s former Minister of Information have found a new home. Given the drivel coming form the executive branch these days (with the exception of the State Department), it must be that Baghdad Bob is in charge.

Forget why we invaded Iraq, apparently now the reason we’re doing so badly is…you guessed it, the Press. It seems the press only reports the bad things (bombs, blood, bullets) and not the good things that happened every day in Iraq (bar mitzvahs?).

The mere fact that the traditional media took the bait, and is now devoting significant airtime to the questions of “do we (the media) only cover the bad news in Iraq” means the administration has won…by again diverting the debate away from real issues to false issues.