{"id":1245,"date":"2007-04-12T20:02:59","date_gmt":"2007-04-13T02:02:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/impeachforpeace.org\/impeach_bush_blog\/?p=1245"},"modified":"2017-06-06T06:54:01","modified_gmt":"2017-06-06T12:54:01","slug":"anti-occupation-protest-in-iraq-massive-underplayed-in-us-press","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/impeachforpeace.org\/blog\/2007\/04\/anti-occupation-protest-in-iraq-massive-underplayed-in-us-press\/","title":{"rendered":"Anti-Occupation Protest in Iraq Underplayed in U.S. Press"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>This is funny. In an attempt to downplay anti-occupation protests throughout Iraq yesterday, conservative bloggers have been cherry-picking news about the protests to describe the turnout as &#8220;underwhelming&#8221; and &#8220;weak&#8221; while using this photo as proof that the demonstrations fell far short of their 3,000,000 person goal <a href=\"http:\/\/impeachforpeace.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/04\/najaf-protests\">(via ThinkProgress)<\/a> as seen here:<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" style='float: left; margin: 0px 15px 15px 0px; width: 250px;' src=\"http:\/\/impeachforpeace.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/04\/iraq-protests1.jpg\" alt=\"iraq-protests.jpg\" \/><br \/>\n To put this protest in perspective, however, let&#8217;s look at the same location four years and two days ago when the statue of Saddam Hussein was brought down :<br \/>\n <img decoding=\"async\" style='float: left; margin: 0px 15px 15px 0px; width: 250px;' src=\"http:\/\/impeachforpeace.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/04\/iraq-statue1.jpg\" alt=\"iraq-statue.jpg\" \/><br \/>\n President Bush once said of this photo-op :<br \/>\n &#8220;The toppling of Saddam Hussein&#8217;s statue in Baghdad will be recorded, alongside the fall of the Berlin Wall, as one of the great moments in the history of liberty.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>That&#8217;s odd. From the photo it seems a little underwhelming to me.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/impeachforpeace.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/04\/www.thismodernworld.com\"><\/a>www.thismodernworld.com<\/p>\n<p>Here is another photograph of the Iraqis streaming into the square who were cropped out of the above photograph:<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" style='float: left; margin: 0px 15px 15px 0px; width: 250px;' src=\"http:\/\/impeachforpeace.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/04\/iraqflagprotest31.jpg\" alt=\"iraqflagprotest3.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This is funny. In an attempt to downplay anti-occupation protests throughout Iraq yesterday, conservative bloggers have been cherry-picking news about the protests to describe the turnout as &#8220;underwhelming&#8221; and &#8220;weak&#8221; while using this photo as proof that the demonstrations fell far short of their 3,000,000 person goal (via ThinkProgress) as seen here: To put this&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":1243,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_kad_post_transparent":"","_kad_post_title":"","_kad_post_layout":"","_kad_post_sidebar_id":"","_kad_post_content_style":"","_kad_post_vertical_padding":"","_kad_post_feature":"","_kad_post_feature_position":"","_kad_post_header":false,"_kad_post_footer":false,"_kad_post_classname":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[122,7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1245","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-bush_era","category-impeachment-evidence"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Anti-Occupation Protest in Iraq Underplayed in U.S. Press &#8226; Impeach for Peace<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Citizen&#039;s impeach strategy. 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