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Ethan's Bag of Predictions - Part I

December 1, 2005 02:03 AM

I predict... that not long from now, Iraqi journalists will start being killed by jihadists on the grounds that they must be in the pay of the United States, because their articles are favorable -- or simply not unfavorable -- toward the American military presence in that country. I further predict that when that time comes, the New York Times will editorialize that Iraq is falling further into chaos and plunging toward civil war. I predict, still further, that the paper's smug editorialists will note that our public diplomacy in the Middle East -- perhaps most notably our military's (formerly) secret attempts to counter the bold propagandists of the Arab and Muslim worlds -- has been a tragic boondoggle, because not only are the taxpayer-financed efforts not fooling anyone, but now Iraqi journalists are being killed because of this failure. I predict, even further, that no connection will be cited between these occurrances and the fact that American news media expose the country's clandestine operations to world scrutiny, and thus feed the dark suspicions of those most susceptible to the propaganda that the military has been trying to undercut.

Finally, I predict that after all the propaganda ops are exposed; after all the disguised charter operations, CIA fronts and secret jails are revealed; after every last photo snapped by some drooling half-wit at Abu Ghraib has been aired -- after all of it, the Times editorialists will demand, with exquisite sincerity, that Bush administration figures be punished for revealing Valerie Plame's employment at the CIA to journalists. After all, the disclosure may have harmed national security....

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Comments

This is a prediction? I predict that day will follow night, that gravity will point down and that tomorrow an actor will say something self-important and stupid about politics.

Posted by: Richard R at December 1, 2005 01:38 PM

Wow, really going out on a limb there, aren't you? :-) I'm just as adventurous. I predict the two bloviating Senators from Mass. will join in, pontificating about the failures of the Bush regime, and how they would have done it better. Hey, this prognostication stuff is easy! At least in this case, where blatant hypocrisy is a given.

Posted by: Hogarth at December 1, 2005 01:40 PM

Are you saying that the media acts in bad faith? But that's crazy talk! The media are heroes of objectivity and truth. Just ask them.

Posted by: Robert at December 1, 2005 01:44 PM

Spot. On. Unfortunately ...

Posted by: MichaelW at December 1, 2005 01:51 PM

I predict you are right on all counts. This whole thing disgusts me. My prediction is that we succeed in Iraq; but whether we do or not this is like Vietnam in one respect- we won't be able to fight another war, whether we need to or not, for another generation. The (leftist) elites won't let us.

Posted by: me at December 1, 2005 01:56 PM

Exactly so. I read the article and it would be hard to find a more egregious example of hypocrisy.

Posted by: RebeccaH at December 1, 2005 01:58 PM

Viciously shrewd. Ouch.

Posted by: ss at December 1, 2005 02:08 PM

Ha! FYI, my favorite local blogger, JohnInCarolina has nailed the times editorial page on a factual error plus a weasel work apologia. Check it out: http://johninnorthcarolina.blogspot.com/2005/11/new-york-times-editor-offers.html -AC

Posted by: AC at December 1, 2005 02:25 PM

"we won't be able to fight another war, whether we need to or not, for another generation. The (leftist) elites won't let us." Don't be too sure. Alternate news sources, particularly blogs, are gaining on the MSM knowitalls. Dissenting voices can't be so easily suppressed by said 'elites'. In future, items of national security may not be wholly in thrall to the monopolistic pronunciamentos of the useless idiots at the New York Times.

Posted by: Insufficiently Sensitive at December 1, 2005 02:30 PM

If this is indeed happening, so what? Reporting is not some religious order populated by highly educated and well trained experts in their fields. The beef seems to be that someone outside the “inner circle” trespassed on holy ground, and far worse, got published. Somebody who doesn’t know the lodge’s secret handshake got a by-line in Baghdad!

Posted by: Chuck Simmins at December 1, 2005 02:40 PM

A most enjoyable skewering. But I would have to agree, more self-evident than predictive. Keep up the good work. Those who need it most won't listen, but your fellow soldiers in the good fight will be much encouraged.

Posted by: Dadmanly at December 1, 2005 02:43 PM

It's a damned good thing the press didn't act like this during World War II. Of course, it's a damned *bad* thing it's acting like this now.

Posted by: doc at December 1, 2005 02:47 PM

And I predict, after they finish the task of hobbling our military and intelligence capabilities which they began in the 1970's, they'll be the first one's to call for hearings to assess blame for intelligence failures. Oh, that's right. They did that already. And I predict, that after decades of presenting this country to the world in the worst possible light, the Times will moan about America's image and blame Americans themselves for the willingness of others to believe the worst about them. Oh, that's right. They've done that, too?

Posted by: cosmo at December 1, 2005 03:02 PM

"It's a damned good thing the press didn't act like this during World War II." The press was on our side in that war.

Posted by: Stanley at December 1, 2005 03:05 PM

via MichaelW's "we won't be able to fight another war, whether we need to or not, for another generation. The (leftist) elites won't let us" -- I should hope we don't fight a war we don't need, no matter who "doesn't let us" (and why grant the elites - leftist or otherwise - such power? who votes?)

Posted by: susan at December 1, 2005 03:10 PM

I still remember how the TV networks were on their best behavior in the early days of both the Afghanistan and Iraq wars. They tried hard not to display open loathing of the military. I guess they couldn't keep it up forever...

Posted by: The Sanity Inspector at December 1, 2005 03:11 PM

I preedict that the NY Times will still be around when most blogs and their know-all writers vanish, and that Bush will go down as one of the worst presidents this nation has ever had, and that ILraq will burst into civil war soon, and that Bush will begin to bring many troops home because he is not getting down what he thought he would get accomplished, and that Demicracy will not come to Iraq.

Posted by: fred lapides at December 1, 2005 03:11 PM

You people are about as sharp as a bag of hammers. I like the pretense that you actually care what happens to Iraqi journalists, when you seem to want death for NYT journalists based on what you suspect they soon might do. You typify the blogosphere. And no, that is not good.

Posted by: Your Intellectual Superior at December 1, 2005 03:15 PM

nyt = Quisling Central

Posted by: max at December 1, 2005 03:19 PM

I fear that your prediction will bear out. Interesting book by WSJs Robert Miniter on media bias: Disinformation. We highlighted it today and relates well to what your arguing.

Posted by: California Conservative at December 1, 2005 03:19 PM

I predict that when troops return as planned after goals are met the anti-war/anti-Bush people will declare that Bush didn't accomplish what he intended, especially if he accomplishes far more. They don't want there to be any goalposts, instead of moving them the anti-war/anti-Bush people will not recognize that they even exist when they are achieved. [sarcasm]I know, a I'm going way out on a limb here.[/sarcasm]

Posted by: Eric Anondson at December 1, 2005 03:25 PM

Um, I think that our "Intellectual Superior" is mixing his metaphors.

Posted by: Intellectual Superior's Superior at December 1, 2005 03:34 PM

Is "Your Intellectual Superior" serious or ironical? I can't tell, considering his/her assertion that what we in the bag of hammers want for NWT journalists is death rather than (ahem) a little objectivity and journalistic integrity. Sigh. Oh well; at least "YIS" managed to refrain from posting typos, like ol' Fred ahead of him/her. But here you go, "YIS": don't you dare to presume about whom I do or do not care. When an innocent person is killed because of the irresponsible actions of another, it's tragic. When a free press is doing its damnedest to arise and thrive in Iraq and is threatened by "journalists" beating their chests about The Public's Right To Know Everything We Think Is Important, that's worse than tragic: it's a significant setback in humanity's journey out of darkness and into enlightenment. Short form: stick it.

Posted by: Jamie at December 1, 2005 03:34 PM

I predict more lonely, cold December nights for Ethan as he continues to help the war effort by posting blog entries at three in the morning.

Posted by: Dan at December 1, 2005 03:45 PM

I predict that short-sighted self-centered U.S. policies will continue to fail, and that the right will continue to blame the media when they do.

Posted by: openmouthedfool at December 1, 2005 04:21 PM

I predict the Democrats (and LMS) will shamelessly claim shared responsibility for our victory in Iraq, just as they claimed shared responsibility for our victory in the Cold War and just as they disclaimed any responsibility for our defeat in Vietnam, notwithstanding the nearly endless amount of evidence to the contrary in all cases.

Posted by: Tim at December 1, 2005 04:29 PM

I also predict openmouthedfools and other morons will criticize that which they do not understand and, failing to recognize their own ignorance, offer nothing but retreat and defeat.

Posted by: Tim at December 1, 2005 04:32 PM

I predict that the NYT and anti-war libs will judge the Bush presidency by standards high enough or irrelevant enough to label it a failure. They will judge their own duty-shirking, two-faced conduct by low enough standards to label it a success.

Posted by: The Sanity Inspector at December 1, 2005 05:20 PM

"I predict that short-sighted self-centered U.S. policies will continue to fail, and that the right will continue to blame the media when they do." Well said 'fool. Of course the right will blame the media for the failure of short-sighted self-centered U.S. policies. Who else but the media and their masters on the left spawn such policies. The corollary to this is that the media will never credit the right for the success of their well thought out, long-term, self-sacrificing policies.

Posted by: digitalbrownshirt at December 1, 2005 06:47 PM

@ Stanley, very slight correction. Some of the media in WWII were on our side. Some others were on the side of rooting for honor and against belligerent tyranny. It worked out as pretty much the same thing...

Posted by: Assistant Village Idiot at December 1, 2005 09:24 PM

I predict Abu-Ghraib will be considered the worst atrocity of the century by the NYT.

Posted by: Kevin at December 2, 2005 03:02 AM

Zell Miller's prediction, that the democratic party will cease to be a national party, will come true. No one can trust the major news media to tell the truth. When I see AP at the head of an article, I immediately dismiss it. New York Times? Huh. WaPo? Forget it. LA Times? (chortle)I disagree with those who say the internet will never replace MSM. Television, with its 3 minute sound bites, can keep up with neither content nor timeliness of the internet.

Posted by: PM of the POL at December 2, 2005 03:07 AM

Kofi Annan has stepped down at the U.N. - at least a decade too late. I predict future historians will find it difficult to judge whether this ineffectual dupe was the puppet of genocidal regimes and autocrats or just their indispensable enabler. It is tough to fully enumerate the sins and consequences of this repugnant figure, but this WSJ editorial begins the grim task.

December 17, 2006 05:59 AM · Permalink

I am often asked what it's like living in Ukraine. Well, yesterday afternoon I heard some hammering, and it sounded pretty close, so I went to se what was up. Looking out from a living room window I found two men in a cherry-picker, and they were hacking away at the rim of my balcony with sledge mallets, breaking away the concrete and tearing up the tiles. I figured the owner of my apartment must have forgotten to tell me she was having work done. Today I found out this wasn't the case. Alarmed, she phoned the Zhek - the state agency responsible for, but rarely inclined to undertake, the upkeep of public property. Their response was basically, News to us. We are now facing the prospect that we may never learn who these men were and why they were attacking my balcony, which now needs extensive repairs. It is not beyond the realm of possibility that I have been victimized in an act of serial vandalism by two men with sledges and a cherry-picker. That, my friends, is what it's like to live in Ukraine.

November 15, 2006 04:23 PM · Permalink

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Oops - I mean, Help, I've been hacked! Not sure how long it was there, but someone managed to place an unauthorized link in Ethanistan. If anyone clicked on it, I apologize for not catching it sooner. Unless it linked to something cool. In which case, I'm glad I could open your mind to new exotic experiences, man.

August 23, 2006 12:05 PM · Permalink

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Hmmmm. You can read through the entirety of Tony Judt's defense of the Mearsheimer/Walt paper without ever learning that Judt has called for the dissolution of Israel. Yet it's a not-unreasonable assumption that this argument, which was (of course) very controversial when it was aired, was what led the Times to Judt's doorstep in the first place. Bad copy editing?

April 19, 2006 08:29 AM · Permalink

Blair: Contra the "Doctrine of Benign Inactivity"

Britain being home to some of earth's most cynical and repugnant twits -- George Galloway and Harold Pinter, to name just two -- it is easy sometimes to forget the heroic moral fortitude its leaders have demonstrated at critical moments across history. Tony Blair reminds us why he deserves mention alongside Churchill and Thatcher.

March 22, 2006 10:08 AM · Permalink

Greg Gutfeld answers one of the blogosphere's great quandaries: How do you even begin to satirize a Web site that presents Alec Baldwin, Deepak Chopra and other B-list dinner guests as deep thinkers? It's the funniest thing in cyberspace at the moment. Don't miss Greg's "bio" -- and definitely do not miss the comments left below his entries by HuffPosters, confused and angry, who came for the wisdom of Cindy Sheehan and got rabbit-punched by this smartass.

March 1, 2006 10:58 AM · Permalink

A true gentleman of the Blogosphere has learned he must battle more than just Moonbats in the months and years to come. Stop by GM's Corner and give George a shout -- and maybe leave some change in the bowl on the way out.

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February 9, 2006 08:13 PM · Permalink