Fox News scoop: Obama lied, U.S. troops are on the ground in Libya!
What a story! It turns out that four military personnel deployed to the U.S. Embassy to help with security and explosive ordnance disposal. For Fox, this apparently constitutes President Obama breaking his vow not to insert troops. The article actually begins, “Despite repeated assurances from President Obama and military leaders that the U.S. would not ...
What a story! It turns out that four military personnel deployed to the U.S. Embassy to help with security and explosive ordnance disposal. For Fox, this apparently constitutes President Obama breaking his vow not to insert troops. The article actually begins, "Despite repeated assurances from President Obama and military leaders that the U.S. would not send uniformed military personnel into Libya …"
What a story! It turns out that four military personnel deployed to the U.S. Embassy to help with security and explosive ordnance disposal. For Fox, this apparently constitutes President Obama breaking his vow not to insert troops. The article actually begins, “Despite repeated assurances from President Obama and military leaders that the U.S. would not send uniformed military personnel into Libya …”
I wonder if one day having worked for Fox News during our time will be regarded like being a supporter of Sen. Joe McCarthy in the 1950s. I think Fox may be the most destructive force in American society nowadays, basically pouring poison into the stream of our political discourse.
(HT to a captain of the Marines)
Thomas E. Ricks is a former contributing editor to Foreign Policy. Twitter: @tomricks1
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