Couric: "Pretty Much Accepted" That Iraq War Was A Mistake

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Speaking at the National Press Club Tuesday evening, CBS Evening News anchor Katie Couric raised the curtain on her personal views of both the war in Iraq and former "Evening News" anchor Dan Rather.

"Everyone in this room would agree that people in this country were misled in terms of the rationale of this war," said Couric, adding that it is "pretty much accepted" that the war in Iraq was a mistake.

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[SadAmerican]

05:20 PM on 09/26/2007

Here I go again, defending Katie.
Why are you always so very critical of her??
I don't hear the same abusive comments about Brian & Charlie. She is every bit as good as they are; of course, she is after all, only a woman. Right???
Her job on the "Today" show would NEVER have permitted her to express her comments on the build up to the war, or any true facts of the war, and most definately any of her opinions.
C'mon give her a break !! I am very happy to hear her speaking out now.
I am a regular nightly viewer.
Good Luck Katie.

[GenericBlogger]

10:00 AM on 09/27/2007

It's not that she is a woman. She is a square peg forced in a round hole. Evening news is a serious business with serious stories. Katie Couric's style is neither serious and her career was established in the fluff of NBC's Today Show.

Morning "news" or infotainment shows like the Today Show, GMA, the CBS version, the theatrical shows on the cable news channels, local stations, etc., require hosts and cohosts to be actors in part. Evening news and other serious news programs require serious candor and authenticity, not acting.

Katie Couric's displaced presence at CBS shows how particular and specialized personalities must be to present news with persuasion, conviction and credibility.

Couric should not have accepted that job but it's not all her fault. The current management at CBS experimented and learned what the old CBS managers knew a long time ago, present news seriously with authenticity and don't mix it with fluff.

[CAPTAINSKIPPY]

12:59 PM on 09/26/2007

Poke Chimpy and his handler in the eyes again, Katie, and again and again, until they start to notice we understand the con job they still believe they are dumping on us. Then a few stories about how things work at the Hague would be in order. Then, have Walter C. do a guest editorial. You can do it!

[glaze]

12:51 PM on 09/26/2007

Ladies and gentlemen, keep in mind that the age-old practice of killing the messenger is STILL A BAD IDEA! What the hell difference does it make WHO says it? What if your crazy Uncle Harry said it, or your minister, or the bartender, your barber, your kid or even the neighborhood sex offender? The truth is the truth.
Once and for all, this unconscionable mess was created by stupid, greedy people who really don't give a damn about the Constitution, the long-term effects of their actions, the opinion of anyone who dares to disagree with the moron-in-chief, even for those poor dopes who put them in the position of power, and they certainly don't give a crap about someone's tv ratings, good or bad. So please, concentrate on who's DOING the crap, not on who tries to tell you about it.

[forpeace]

12:48 PM on 09/26/2007

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Durbin: Lieberman-Kyl Amendment Is ‘Dangerous,’ ‘Puts Us On Record’ In Support Of Iran War

Senate Majority Whip Dick Durbin (D-IL) spoke forcefully this afternoon on the Senate floor against the Lieberman-Kyl amendment. Durbin described the “sense of the Senate” legislation as a “dangerous effort to put us on the record for the use of military force in Iran.”

Noting that the language of the amendment suggests the use of “military instruments,” Durbin said:

What does that mean? Does that mean we are supporting the invasion of Iran? That we are supporting military tactics against Iran?

http://thinkprogress.org/2007/09/25/durbin-lieb-kyl-amdt/

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[forpeace]

12:48 PM on 09/26/2007

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War with Iran for Fun and Profit
09.25.07 -- 12:41PM

Did you hear about the War on Iran Authorization bill the Senate is going to vote on perhaps as early as today? No, that's not how it's getting billed. But that's what the 'Kyl-Lieberman' amendment is. In fact, the supporters of going to war against Iran are using exactly the same strategy with this amendment that they did to lay the groundwork for the Iraq War.

http://talkingpointsmemo.com/archives/054151.php

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[BC33]

01:00 PM on 09/26/2007

it was reported on HuffPo yesterday, I am happy to say...
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/chris-durang/beware-kyllieberman-pro_b_65797.html

Please do something NOW to show your opposition. Sitting at your computer you can email a message to your Senators (google their names and you can get their web sites) or get to them through thomas.loc.gov. You can also present your opinion to the office of your Senator by calling toll-free [phone] or [phone]. These are the numbers I use, but I am not sure whether they can be used everywhere in the country. Try them, and if they do not work, call your Senators directly (not toll free) by getting the numbers at the web sites.
No matter how disappointed or even thoroughly disgusted you are at the inaction of the Congress, they are the ones who have the power and we must insist to them that we do not want a widening war.

[OkieMon]

12:39 PM on 09/26/2007

BushCo is presently building at least three "hardened" military bases (resistant to all attacks except nuclear, cost about 50 billion each) in Iraq and is buying time until their completion. The argument for not leaving Iraq will be "we can't hand these bases over to terrorists". The purpose of the bases? Protect US and British Oil companies while they extract Iraqi oil.

[olivia]

12:28 PM on 09/26/2007

Senator Lieberman on 9/21 slapped the authority and intent to attack Iran onto the Defense Appropriations Bill. The media has ignored it. HuffPo has ignored it. This is serious, folks.

HuffPo is no better than Fox News for the left if it ignores this.

[forpeace]

12:32 PM on 09/26/2007

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"olivia
Senator Lieberman on 9/21 slapped the authority and intent to attack Iran onto the Defense Appropriations Bill. The media has ignored it. HuffPo has ignored it. This is serious, folks.
HuffPo is no better than Fox News for the left if it ignores this."
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This is not the FIRST time the Media has ignored such a serious threat from Israel Defenders, if their rating goes higher to cover Britney, why bother to cover LOOserman intend to attack Iran?!

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[BC33]

12:58 PM on 09/26/2007

it was reported on HuffPo yesterday, I am happy to say...
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/chris-durang/beware-kyllieberman-pro_b_65797.html

Please do something NOW to show your opposition. Sitting at your computer you can email a message to your Senators (google their names and you can get their web sites) or get to them through thomas.loc.gov. You can also present your opinion to the office of your Senator by calling toll-free [phone] or [phone]. These are the numbers I use, but I am not sure whether they can be used everywhere in the country. Try them, and if they do not work, call your Senators directly (not toll free) by getting the numbers at the web sites.
No matter how disappointed or even thoroughly disgusted you are at the inaction of the Congress, they are the ones who have the power and we must insist to them that we do not want a widening war.

[BC33]

01:00 PM on 09/26/2007

it was reported on HuffPo yesterday, I am happy to say...
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/chris-durang/beware-kyllieberman-pro_b_65797.html

Please do something NOW to show your opposition. Sitting at your computer you can email a message to your Senators (google their names and you can get their web sites) or get to them through thomas.loc.gov. You can also present your opinion to the office of your Senator by calling toll-free [phone] or [phone]. These are the numbers I use, but I am not sure whether they can be used everywhere in the country. Try them, and if they do not work, call your Senators directly (not toll free) by getting the numbers at the web sites.
No matter how disappointed or even thoroughly disgusted you are at the inaction of the Congress, they are the ones who have the power and we must insist to them that we do not want a widening war.

[forpeace]

12:22 PM on 09/26/2007

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"Couric: "Pretty Much Accepted" That Iraq War Was A Mistake"

Like we did not know that!

ops........ sorry I forgot about the 27% Morons!

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[DR]

12:12 PM on 09/26/2007

Misled; it sounds so innocent & harmless. We were not "misled", we were lied into a war (and that sounds like a criminal act)!

[cdnnewsjunky]

01:00 PM on 09/26/2007

"Misled; it sounds so innocent & harmless. We were not "misled", we were lied into a war (and that sounds like a criminal act)! " - DR posted 12:12 pm on 09/26/2007


In effect yes, the war is illegal, a criminal act as you put it. It was authorized under Resolution 1441, but the Downing Street documents prove that your administration was not mistakenly making false claims to the UN, but were knowingly making false statements to the UN, effectively making resolution 1441 void and null.

[OkieMon]

12:09 PM on 09/26/2007

The Iraqi war is rapidly approaching the US cost of WWII which was about 3 trillion present-day dollars. The Vietnam war is third with a present-day dollar cost of about 500 billion.

[forpeace]

12:24 PM on 09/26/2007

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"OkieMon (See profile | I'm a fan of OkieMon)
The Iraqi war is rapidly approaching the US cost of WWII which was about 3 trillion present-day dollars. The Vietnam war is third with a present-day dollar cost of about 500 billion."
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...........and those numbers do not include the Lost of Human Lives!

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[desertdweller]

12:07 PM on 09/26/2007

The problem today is that too many media "personalities" are passing themselves off as journalists. Bill O'Reilly for example. Give them a mic and a teleprompter and they think they are God's gift to humanity. As I posited in an unrelated comment, Katie should stick to reporting on "fun" stuff like most popular names for babies, etc., or something else from here so-called notebook.

[cdnnewsjunky]

12:49 PM on 09/26/2007

desert,

That slide, from entertainment with the news to entertaining news, has been going on for some time and a lot of people can not distinguish between the two anymore. There is a bit of an irony to it all, at least in Canada, when FOX first started running the entertainment news, they were licensed here to run on the public airwaves no problem, it was entertainment, good or bad. When FOX tried to pass this off as legitimate news, they lost their public broadcast license because it was entertainment, good or bad.

[OkieMon]

12:06 PM on 09/26/2007

Somebody earlier said the Iraqi war has cost 1 trillion...actually it is more that 2 trillion and counting when you figure 190 billion a year in extra funds, 150 billion a year from the regular defense budget, and then all the health care costs for life for our very deserving soldiers.

[luckysun]

12:00 PM on 09/26/2007

It's no mistake. Operation Iraqi Freedom has a clearly defined purpose: to enrich Bush's war contracting and oil cronies, many of whom belong to think tanks that proposed the idea long before 9/11. There's more contractors in Iraq than soldiers. No one else benefits. It's why they invaded and it's why were staying. This should be every Congresspersons' mantra.

[faretheewell]

11:59 AM on 09/26/2007

This from little miss "Rangers rock!"

[consrevil]

11:52 AM on 09/26/2007

GATES, 9-26-07 - You know that little "six day, six weeks, surley not six months" war, we are going to need another 190 BILLION to keep it going.

That's right, Rummy's famous 666 statement.