Democratic Underground Latest Greatest Lobby Journals Search Options Help Login
Google

Don Surber torn down to size (by professor at Marshall)

Printer-friendly format Printer-friendly format
Printer-friendly format Email this thread to a friend
Printer-friendly format Bookmark this thread
Home » Discuss » Places » West Virginia Donate to DU
 
Adenoid_Hynkel Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Mar-03-05 02:10 PM
Original message
Don Surber torn down to size (by professor at Marshall)
This one was a great piece.


----

The term ‘quagmire' now seems apt

Don Surber has sometimes erred in defending war

Thursday March 03, 2005

By W. Joseph Wyatt
On April 11, 2003, the Daily Mail's Don Surber crowed about the fall of Baghdad, "Opponents of this war will never admit their error . . . Critics could not wait to blast the war plan. They should have. It worked."

A week later, April 18, 2003, he wrote about the financial costs of the war, "Critics even got the price wrong. They said it would cost more than $80 billion. So far it has cost $20 billion and it might cost another $10 billion in the next six months."

Meanwhile the war's monetary costs have skyrocketed toward $280 billion, and the term "quagmire" seems increasingly apt.

If his earlier misperceptions concern him now, Surber hasn't mentioned it to the rest of us.

http://dailymail.com/news/Opinion/200503035/
Refresh | 0 Recommendations Printer Friendly | Permalink | Reply | Top
davidinalameda Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Mar-03-05 02:12 PM
Response to Original message
1. Don Surber is an idiot
I think that's a given
Printer Friendly | Permalink | Reply | Top
 
DU AdBot (1000+ posts) Click to send private message to this author Click to view 
this author's profile Click to add 
this author to your buddy list Click to add 
this author to your Ignore list Fri Apr 26th 2024, 03:34 PM
Response to Original message
Advertisements [?]
 Top

Home » Discuss » Places » West Virginia Donate to DU

Powered by DCForum+ Version 1.1 Copyright 1997-2002 DCScripts.com
Software has been extensively modified by the DU administrators


Important Notices: By participating on this discussion board, visitors agree to abide by the rules outlined on our Rules page. Messages posted on the Democratic Underground Discussion Forums are the opinions of the individuals who post them, and do not necessarily represent the opinions of Democratic Underground, LLC.

Home  |  Discussion Forums  |  Journals |  Store  |  Donate

About DU  |  Contact Us  |  Privacy Policy

Got a message for Democratic Underground? Click here to send us a message.

© 2001 - 2011 Democratic Underground, LLC