Olberman has been turned loose to report on the Downing Street Memos are often and as loudly as he wants. Experts regularly speculate that the US lead invasion of Iraq is the reason for events such as the recent bombing in London. We are told that nothing short of a reduction of the US militarty presence in Iraq can make us safer at home.
Can this be the same news network that lead the charge to war just two short years ago?
I can think of two reasons why GE might want us to get out of Iraq. One is purely mercenary. Oil prices are entirely too high, which must hurt the manufacturing sector, to which GE belongs. Also, GE farms a lot of work out to other countries, so transportation costs must be eating them alive. It is possible that a peaceful Iraq and Mid East might bring down the price of oil.
However, I think that the real reason for GE's defection from the * camp lies in its close ties to the Pentagon. Check out the latest Downing Street Memo. According to this document, the Pentagon wants to withdrawn most of its forces from Iraq by next year, but the * administration does not.
If you were GE/MSNBC, would you support *, who has three more years ain office or the Pentagon which is your bread and butter forever?
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/pages/live/articles/news/news.html?in_article_id=355291&in_page_id=1770"The memo leaves little doubt that the British plan to take their lead from the White House, where an increasingly unpopular Mr Bush is under huge pressure from the US public to bring American troops home fast.
"The paper says it "sets out what we know of US planning and possible expectations on the UK contribution, and the impact on UK decision making".
"It says Mr Bush's allies in the Pentagon and Centcom, or Central Command, are at odds with Army chiefs in Iraq, who fear it is too soon to withdraw in such large numbers.
"The document states: "There is a strong US military desire for significant force reductions.
"'Emerging US plans assume 14 out of 18 provinces could be handed over to Iraqi control by early 2006, allowing a reduction in
from 176,000 down to 66,000. There is, however, a debate between the Pentagon/Centcom, who favour a relatively bold reduction in force numbers, and the multinational force in Iraq, whose approach is more cautious.'"