Wing NUTS

Last week, Bush-loving war-monger Max Boot claimed all the bad Iraq War polls in the US were just the result of misconceptions. He cited the road to Baghdad airport as a prime example of the great work being done by US troops:

Their increasing success is evident on "Route Irish," from Baghdad International Airport. Once the most dangerous road in Iraq, it is now one of the safest.

A few days later:

The congressional delegation was riding in a box-like vehicle that troops call the 'ice cream truck' -- it streaks through the middle of the road to deter oncoming motorists, Marshall told the paper. But shortly after dark, an oncoming truck refused to yield.

'Then, all of a sudden, brakes get slammed on. Then we hit something and go off the side of the road and tip over,' Marshall said."

Thanks, Max. If US personnel have to race head-on into oncoming traffic at full speed at night on the safest roads in Iraq, that tells us all we need to know.

Boot also cited a survey last month showing improving public sentiment from Iraqis:

47% of Iraqis polled said their country was headed in the right direction, as opposed to 37% who said they thought that it was going in the wrong direction. And 56% thought things would be better in six months. Only 16% thought they would be worse.

Problem is, the poll comes from the U.S.-based International Republican Institute! Amazing, a US GOP poll finding exactly what the GOP wants to hear! Like I said earlier, this is more a Spin War than a War of Propaganda. And the wingnuts only want to hear the polls that suit them, not things like 70% of Iraqis want the US out.