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I recently saw on page 3 in the LA Times a piece about Iran that was purportedly a news article, but darned if I could find any news in it. It was about how Iran is watching our election.
It notes, for instance "Iranians know the new U.S. leader will inherit an overextended military in Iraq, a declining dollar, high oil prices and a sub-prime mortgage crisis that are straining the American economy." Now that's news, telling us what foreigners know--and apparently what they know is taken from an Obama or Clinton ad.
But don't worry. As the article makes clear, as long as a Democrat is elected--preferably Obama--there's a good chance our foreign policy will improve tremendously and life will be better for the world overall.
posted by LAGuy @ 12:56 AM
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Which of those items they "know" would they also not hear in a John McCain ad? I know he's mentioned the declining dollar (which hit an all-time low vs. the euro yesterday), high oil prices ($119.90/barrel yesterday), and has called the subprime mess a "crisis." Would it just be quibbling over whether our military is "overextended" or just "stretched"?
McCain wouldn't put it that way, but the bigger point is it's a list of what's wrong with Bush's America, not a list of what Iranians think about America when they do bother to think about us.
Gotcha. Well, I'd blame laziness for that -- in my experience Iranians have such incredibly divergent views of America that it would take some serious work to synthesize it into a usable article.
When the facts don't fit the narrative, print the narrative.
I've noticed that LA Times articles never seem to get reprinted in the real papers.
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