Talk:Nir Rosen

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[edit] PBS NewsHour Debate

The transcript of the March 1, 2008 debate between Nir Rosen and Fred Kagan about the Bush administration's so-called "surge" (of which Kagan was the chief architect) is well worth reading. Rosen outlines a realistic assessment of what is happening in Iraq while Kagan is so invested in administration propaganda that he claims that sectarian cleansing in Baghdad is a "myth" and even tries to deny that Iraq is under U.S. occupation. I would leave the Michael Yon critique of the debate, because it says something about how invested Mr. Yon is in the propaganda. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Rmwarnick (talk • contribs) 20:02, 12 March 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Rosen's background

Someone just added that he's jewish, but gave no source. On his amazon page, one of the reader-reviewers claims he's an arab muslim. Any ideas? I haven't read his book and know nothing about him beyond the few articles I've perused... Dsol 21:46, 17 December 2006 (UTC)

An article by Rosen I found on Google makes it fairly clear that he is from an Israeli family and spent a considerable amount of time there as a child. I have no idea why that reviewer said that, Nir Rosen is pretty obviously a Hebrew name. Rafaelgr 23:40, 29 December 2006 (UTC)

Whether of Israeli or arab origin... seems like a very objective individual with a very even handed approach in reporting or commentary. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 71.56.63.85 (talk) 17:41, 2 September 2007 (UTC)