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NY Times reported only CBO's low-end estimates for troop increase cost, manpower needs
In a report released February 1, the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) estimated that President Bush's plan to send 21,500 additional combat forces to Iraq would also require sending 15,000 to 28,000 support troops. The CBO put the cost of the total increase between $9 billion and $13 billion over four months, and between $20 billion and $27 billion over the course of a year. But in a February 2 article on a Senate Armed Services Committee hearing on the nomination of Gen. George W. Casey Jr., the outgoing top U.S. commander in Iraq, to be Army chief of staff, The New York Times informed readers of only the low end of each of CBO's estimates.
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Posted by jawill11
This one is outright propaganda reporting.
If you look at the sentences in the article that mention the figures, they state the numbers in a definitive way, as if there were no range in the report. I am shocked that this was written in this way. If they had written "15,000 or more troops", that would be your standard slant, but to just say 15,000 with no qualifier whatsoever is willful dishonesty.
Posted Friday February 2, 2007 6:25:10 PM EST / Flag this comment
Posted by MickD in reply to jawill11
"Cha-ching," sayeth Orwell.
Posted Saturday February 3, 2007 9:45:10 AM EST / Flag this comment
Posted by HuntingtonBeachLefty in reply to MickD
It's like our government (our employees) has adopted the discount store/sale advertising technique;
stereos from 29.99 (and up)- save 50-60-70% or more.Pay as little as 12 dollars a month (for 10 years at 25% interest).
Except consumers have a choice, and if their B*llsh*t detector is functioning, they can go to another business.
We've got our employees, the purchasing dept., BSing the owners about the cost.
Posted Sunday February 4, 2007 2:24:37 AM EST / Flag this comment
Posted by redking75687
This escalation is set for an 18-month period, this will be the fourth or fifth tour for many of these men. When we start bombing Iran, they'll still be in-country. I suspect this may be a cover for preparations for the Iran war.
Posted Sunday February 4, 2007 1:11:01 PM EST / Flag this comment