Katrina Shifts Attention From Iraq War

[Judi Lynn]

Katrina Shifts Attention From Iraq War
By ROBERT BURNS, AP Military Writer

Tuesday, September 6, 2005

(09-06) 23:41 PDT WASHINGTON, (AP) --

Hurricane Katrina's devastating blow has put a spotlight on the military's helping hand and largely diverted Americans' attention from the mix of grim and hopeful events playing out in Iraq.

Even as thousands more troops poured into Louisiana and Mississippi on Tuesday to accelerate the search and rescue of stranded Katrina survivors, military officials in Iraq reported the deaths of four more U.S. troops and Marine jets bombed targets near the Syrian border where al-Qaida has expanded its presence.

Iraq developments were not all bad — U.S.-trained Iraqi forces assumed control of a city that saw bitter fighting last year. But the shift to news images of troops performing urgent humanitarian missions on the Gulf Coast has overshadowed what was a major headache for the Bush administration: a growing public impatience with the war.

"Iraq must be doing really well — I'm not reading anything about it in the papers," joked Dan Goure, a military analyst at the Lexington Institute think tank, reflecting the complaint of many administration officials that media coverage of the Iraq war has largely focused on the death and destruction.
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http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/n/a/2005/09/06/national/w234141D13.DTL

[Skittles]

1. the troops and Iraqi civilians can die quietly now

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[Inland]

2. Disaster where thousands of Americans killed diverts attention

from disaster where thousands of Americans killed.

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3. they probably thought Cindy would go away then

they are just the biggest asses in the wotld

[liberaliraqvet26]

4. It'll come back...

and when it does support will be even lower than ever.

[Blaq Dem]

5. No it didn't. And here's how...

It highlighted the war in Iraq. People are scratching their heads and wondering how many lives could've been save had our resources not been in Iraq.

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

6. Yeah but it's not the kind of distraction Chimpy needs

[Carolab]

8. We have to multitask crises now. Sheesh. n/t

[Dr Fate]

9. You cannot separate the two.

All the funding comes from the same pot.

BOTH will be on all Americans minds for a loooong time.