Washington Post's Front Page Palin Distortion

Anne E. Kornblut of the Washington Post is either confused or she's intentionally trying to deceive readers.

Kornblut writes:

Gov. Sarah Palin linked the war in Iraq with the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks, telling an Iraq-bound brigade of soldiers that included her son that they would "defend the innocent from the enemies who planned and carried out and rejoiced in the death of thousands of Americans."

The idea that the Iraqi government under Saddam Hussein helped al-Qaeda plan the attacks on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon, a view once promoted by Bush administration officials, has since been rejected even by the president himself. But it is widely agreed that militants allied with al-Qaeda have taken root in Iraq since the U.S.-led invasion.

Bill Kristol sets the record straight.

Kornblut’s interpretation of what Palin said is either stupid or malicious. Palin is evidently saying that American soldiers are going to Iraq to defend innocent Iraqis from al Qaeda in Iraq, a group that is related to al Qaeda, which did plan and carry out the Sept. 11 attacks. It makes no sense for Kornblut to claim that Palin is arguing here that Saddam Hussein’s regime carried out 9/11—obviously Palin isn’t saying that our soldiers are now going over to Iraq to fight Saddam’s regime. Palin isn’t linking Saddam to 9/11. She’s linking al Qaeda in Iraq to al Qaeda.

People can debate how intimate that connection is, and how much of the fight in Iraq is now against al Qaeda in Iraq--but it’s simply the case that Palin is not saying what Kornblut says she is, and that the Washington Post is, right now, leading its paper with a clear distortion of what Palin said.

Why would Kornblut try to pull something like this?

Apparently, the lib media are so frustrated by their fruitless efforts to destroy Palin that they are willing to just make stuff up.

I expect those sort of tactics to be used by Daily Kos, but not the Washington Post.

Kornblut is willing to trade her credibility and her good name for a Palin bashing article.

Her journalistic standards take a back seat to the promotion of her political leanings.

That's bad for Kornblut and it's bad for the Washington Post.

It's bad for the country.