Afghanistan: MSM attack

NATO's operation Medusa against the Taliban has ended. The main stream media's international operation against NATO in Afghanistan is beginning.

In London, the Free Press International cites a Congressional Research Service review to justify the headline screaming: NATO struggles in Afghanistan.

The Gulf Times quotes approvingly a European think tanks' view that

southern Afghanistan is suffering "a humanitarian crisis of starvation and poverty..." caused by "US-British military policies".

Over in Canada, the Toronto Sun states confidently that the "West won't win Afghan War".

Over here, the BBC is more subtle, yet the message is the same.Placing its arguments within the usual anti-Bush framework:

Nato is the major trans-Atlantic forum and it has inevitably suffered from the broader strains between many European countries and the Bush administration. The "war on terror" has left many of its members uncomfortable. They do not entirely share Washington's world view. And the Bush administration has tended to reinforce key bilateral relationships rather than bolstering Nato as a whole.

Amongst the doom and gloom I read, only the Sunday Times reports positively on Afghanistan, acknowledging that Medusa was a tactical success.

Over the coming weeks, we can expect a constant stream of similar msm attempts to sap the West's political will defend itself.