[Wasanother]

and I wish the MSM would stop using loaded adjectives to emphasize a meaning. Just a second ago CNN couldn't just say treated at the hospital but instead they said "treated at one of the many OVERLOADED hospitals". They keep trying to give the impression that Iraq is just so out of control which is not the case. People expect us to use these expressions because we are far right wing extremest pajama bloggers but a news agency should walk the middle ground.

[angkor]

"treated at one of the many OVERLOADED hospitals"

Well, that's just an outright fabricated lie.

I personally went to sick call at the clinic (not the hospital) at Balad and waited about 10 minutes before going to the treatment room. The medic saw me immediately, then the MD was there five minutes later, and I was out 10 minutes after that.

I was never in the Balad field hospital, but saw the helicopters coming in maybe five or so times a day, which wouldn't make it "overloaded".

A co-worker went to the Balad hospital several times for a persistent medical problem, and never said anything but good about the treatment he was given there (they actually did suggest he evac to Germany, but he was a civvie and declined the advice because his contract was almost over).

[Patriot from Philly]

Yes and did you hear that Time Reporter, the one who had embedded with the terrorists, say that Woodruff came to Iraq because he wanted to see the deteriorating situation up close.

Funny, the military and the military blogs, in other words, the people in the know seem to think that the situation in Iraq is getting better-both politically and militarily.

But our media will report on the deterioration, damn it.

It reminds me of that horrible Italian communist Sgreana who wanted the people of Fallujah to tell her how horrible the Americans were and all the bad things that were happening and how frustrated she was when they didn't.

Just report the facts, please. Report on the situation in Iraq, not the deteriorating situation.