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For what it's worth, Keegan is responding to the media's spin of President Bush's statements vis-a-vis Tet. As I understand it, the president was agreeing with NY Times columnist Thomas Firedman's characterization that the latest uptick in violence appeared to be part of a concerted effort by the jihadists to win the media battle, and to influence domestic politics in the United States. That was the Tet analogy the president was agreeing with, and one the media seems to be falling all over itself to make a reality.
Witness CNN's useful idiocy over that sniper propaganda video. Or the shameful performance of Western media and their stringers in covering Israeli operations against Hizbullah this summer.
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