From what I understand, this reporter is embedded with the troops in Najaf so he's got the real scoop, as opposed to all the other reporters sitting in their Baghdad hotels getting the news from Al Jazeera and CNN reports.
The news coming out of Iraq, from the troops themselves via e-mail and letters, has been pretty positive all along. They are the ones telling us how they are greeted on the streets, of the conditions throughout Iraq not simply a few hot spots and of how positive the situation is.
Then we have the media who will stop at nothing to discredit the war and the President...and those who parrot the media for their own political grudge against President Bush. Strange, during war time most people find a way to rise above their petty politics while some lack the moral fiber.