Cursor's Media Patrol - 08/15/06

As President Bush declares that 'Israel Defeated Hezbollah,' Glenn Greenwald finds conservatives "attacking the Commander-in-Chief during a time of war" and "declaring American defeat."

As the New York Times strikes a reference to doubts in the Bush administration over Israel's ability to "win an outright military victory," the Independent's Andrew Gumbel characterizes 'America's one-eyed view of war" as 'Stars, stripes, and the Star of David.'

Although Democrats vow not to be Swift boated on security this fall, Stephen Zunes argues that "the Democrats' support for Israeli attacks against Lebanon is quite consistent with their support for the U.S. invasion of Iraq."

Editor & Publisher praises the latest dispatch from veteran Baghdad reporter Tom Lasseter, which suggests that the administration's 'rosy assessments on Iraq' are 'not related to reality.'

Some military families are not OK with reports of 'Just-returned troops sent back to Iraq,' where it's "115 to 120 in the shade and 135 to 150 in the sun."

Military recruiters have been increasingly resorting to "overly aggressive tactics and even criminal activity," including "sexual harassment or falsifying medical records," according to a study by the Government Accountability Office. Earlier: Pentagon reports 40,000 desertions.

Although both Republicans and Democrats are said to be "praying that Castro survives -- at least until November 8th," Eric Umansky is glad to find the Bush administration "putting exiles in decision-making positions on Cuba. Because that turned out so well elsewhere."