Bush faces real questions

http://www.warandpiece.com/blogdirs/007413.html
May 21, 2008

Really interesting Dan Froomkin analysis of why Bush got so ticked off at NBC:

.... The White House's outsized reaction instead appears to be about two other things entirely.

It doesn't take a trained psychologist to observe that Bush got angrier and angrier as the Engel interview went on. That obviously had nothing to do with the editing; it had to do with Engel's questions.

Bush typically sits down with interviewers from Fox News -- or, more recently, Politico-- where he can count on more than his share of ingratiating softballs. But Engel, a fluent Arabic speaker who has logged more time in Iraq than any other television correspondent, assertively confronted Bush with the ramifications of his actions in the Middle East.

For instance, Engel noted: "A lot of Iran's empowerment is a result of the war in Iraq." He questioned Bush about his lack of an exit strategy in Iraq: "So it doesn't sound like there's an end anytime soon." He clearly upset Bush by saying that "on the ground," the situation in Iraq "looks very bleak." (Bush replied: "Well, that's interesting you said that -- that's a little different from the surveys I've seen and a little different from the attitude of the actual Iraqis I've talked to, but you're entitled to your opinion.")

He also challenged Bush on his legacy: "f you look back over the last several years, the Middle East that you'll be handing over to the next President is deeply problematic: You have Hamas in power; Hezbollah empowered, taking to the streets, more -- stronger than the government; Iran empowered, Iraq still at war. What region are you handing over?"

And Bush seemed positively furious by the end of the interview, when Engel had this to say: "The war on terrorism has been the centerpiece of your presidency. Many people say that it has not made the world safer, that it has created more radicals. That there are more people in this part of the world who want to attack the United States."

So is it a stretch to suspect that Bush told his counselor to get a little revenge? ...

More from the NYT.
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/05/21/washington/21prexy.html?_r=2&oref=slogin&oref=slogin

probably dictated directly from Herr Chimptator himself....:rofl:

Do you think now shrub will be out to destroy Engel the way his Poppy plotted all those years to destroy Dan Rather?

Unfortunately, they're the exception, not the rule.

".... a little different from the attitude of the actual Iraqis I've talked to."

he's ever talked to.

thuggish man should have been done a long time ago, the media now is just protecting his ass. I would love to see him blow a gasket, but then again, we see how other reporters from other countries do not play with him, which we all see that arrogance and ignorance of this man at full throttle. He does not like any criticism, and just likes to hear good news.