More Crappy European News

I know I sound like I'm ranting and raving, but look at this rubbish.

Marine killings in Iraq send new warning sign to Bush

Another day of carnage in Iraq threatened to deal a new blow Wednesday to brittle public backing for President George W. Bush's handling of the war, as 14 Marines perished in a roadside bombing.

One of the bloodiest single days for US troops in the conflict brought the total of US soldiers killed to 21 in western Iraq since Monday, and the US death toll since the March 2003 invasion to 1,811.

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Latest developments were somewhat overshadowed in the US media, fixated on dramatic spacewalks from the Shuttle Discovery and the miraculous escape of more than 300 people in a fiery Air France crash in Toronto.

But the fact that the admired and talismanic US Marines were caught in the crosshairs could weigh on public opinion, after recent polls showed increasing disquiet among Americans at the cost of the Iraq war.

What should you learn from an article like this, ladies and gentlemen? Don't listen to the French news agencies when they write anything remotely opinionated about the United States. It's obvious to me that the anonymous AFP writer of this article will find any and every opportunity to criticize President Bush, and to claim that the majority of Americans are doing the same.

Once again, ridiculous. Not even worth a full fisking.