Wednesday, March 14, 2007
NY Times Iraq Reporter Corrects Russert
This refreshing comment might just say it all.
I hope he has a NY Times vested pension and unemployment insurance...
I hope he has a NY Times vested pension and unemployment insurance...
On the NewsBusters.com website, Brent Baker captured this:
"Reminded by Tim Russert on Russert's Saturday night CNBC show, about how Vice President Cheney predicted U.S. troops would be welcomed as 'liberators' by the Iraqi people, New York Times Iraq reporter John Burns corrected Russert's presumption that Cheney was misguided: 'The American troops were greeted as liberators. We saw it. It lasted very briefly, it was exhausted quickly by the looting.' Burns added: 'I think that the instincts that led to much that went wrong were good American instincts: the desire not to have too heavy of a footprint, the desire to empower Iraqis.'"
