Posted on 12/06/2004 7:30:39 PM PST by crushelits
If you trust most media accounts fed to American viewers and readers, Iraq is an unmitigated disaster.
There is no security throughout the country, and armed insurgents (search) are springing up, sown like dragon's teeth by the offensive of the U.S. military forces. The scheduled elections are highly uncertain. Indeed, U.S. forces have killed 100,000 Iraqis. Iraqis have never had it so bad. It’s a drumbeat with echoes of the way the American media reported the Vietnam War (search).
Those who have the opportunity to hear the accounts of Americans serving in Iraq often come away with a completely different impression. Many people who have sons and daughters, grandchildren, relatives and friends serving in Iraq know that they hear differently from them.
Ambassador Edward Rowny (search) recently brought up this point in a Council on Foreign Relations (search) discussion with former National Security Adviser Zbigniew Brzezinski (search), who is an ardent critic of the war. Mr. Brzezinski's response was to dismiss first-hand accounts as mere anecdotal evidence.
Yet, even in the mainstream media, differing views do seep in. Consider a recent column by Thomas Friedman (search) of The New York Times, a paper that has been unstinting in its reporting of bad news from Iraq. This is what Mr. Friedman wrote from Iraq, “Readers ask me when I will throw in the towel on Iraq.” Impressed with the spirit and the commitment of the troops on the ground, Mr. Friedman writes: “I will be guided by the U.S. Army and Marine grunts on the ground. They see Iraq close up. Most of those you talk to are so uncynical so convinced that we are doing good and doing right, even though they are unsure it will work.”
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Any reasonable person, aware of the basic facts, knows this war is moving along much better than reported, the majorith of the country is quiet, the noisiest areas are old Sadaam strongholds, the majority of the Iraquis are being killed by "fellow Muslims", et cetera.
Maybe when they actually see W get re-inaugurated in January the MSM will realize that they don't have to help the Kerry campaign anymore.
I'm sure Dalle meant, "creditors."
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