[faithincowboys]

Shrill and moving the chains are not muttually exclusive. They've got the ball, they got the administration out on their feet and they are using their umpires (their liberal judges and their media) to wear away our national resolve and to inspire our enemies. It's a damn crying shame. Deniers like Mike in Iraq don't help us. We need to see it for what it is and push the f*ck back.

[SIDENET]

I would like to see our administration fight back against the garbage being thrown at our efforts in Iraq. That having been said, please don't get too worked up by the current state of the news about Iraq. Our dear media is in the midst of a full-court press against our administration. Rush hit the nail on the head today when he stated that this whole cycle of negative news was kicked off by the false Newsweek story.

Since the start of the Iraq occupation, the news has jumped from one "crisis" to another to show how we are "failing". Look at the following list of "crises" and consider how each was covered, and how it turned out. These are just what I can remember:

-Looting of the Bagdad Museum

-Saddam and his sons at large

-Little or no power in cities

-Lack of potable water

-No oil production because infrastructure was destroyed

-Terrorists targeting oil pipelines

And or course, we can't forget the whole pessimism fest during the run up to elections in Iraq. The vote turnout was to be horribly low, and the whole thing was to be marred by violence...according to our pals, the journalists.

The ugly truth about occupations is that they are ugly. The Union Army's occupation of the former Confederacy was no picnic after the Civil War. The occupation of Germany was no picnic after WWII.

If all of this makes me a "denier" as you referred to Mike in Iraq, then so be it. I've already been to Iraq, and I am set to go there again in the near future. I deeply believe in our efforts in Iraq. Fixing Iraq is not a fool's errand, and the US will succeed despite the whining media.