[RKV]

Long and detailed evaluation of the situation in Iraq by and author who has been in country multiple times since the invasion.

[facedown]

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[Coop]

Pinging for later read

[PeteB570]

Nice Read, Thanks.

[Tribune7]

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[MEG33]

Very informative!

[jonascord]

For Later Read

[federal]

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[Sisku Hanne]

Excellent read. Saved to favorites. Thanks for posting.

[TAdams8591]

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[Chena]

Excellent article/report!

BTTT

[Lancer_N3502A]

excellent read.

[maica]

A snippet (Guess I better not change my tagline just yet)--

One media critic (Arthur Chrenkoff) did a content analysis of a typical day (January 21, 2005), and counted this breakout of freshly published stories on Iraq:

• 1,992 covering terrorist attacks
• 887 essays alleging prisoner abuse by the British
• 289 about American casualties or civilian deaths in Iraq
• 27 mentions of oil pipeline sabotage
• 761 reports on public statements of terrorists
• 357 on U.S. anti-war protestors
• 121 speculations on a possible American pullout
• 118 articles about strains with European nations
• 217 stories worrying over the validity of the upcoming January 30 Iraqi election
• 216 tales of hostages in Iraq
• 123 quoting Vice President Cheney saying he had underestimated reconstruction needs
• 2,642 items on a Senate grilling of Condoleezza Rice over Iraq policy

Balanced against these negative stories, Chrenkoff ’s computer search found a grand total of 96 comparatively positive reports related to Iraq:

• 16 reports on successful operations against insurgents
• 7 hopeful stories about Iraqi elections
• 73 describing the return of missing Iraqi antiquities

[basil]

I really love to see reports like this--too bad we don't see them very often. This guy apparently has a good grip on the situation, and I'm glad that he wrote this. I hope it gets widespread circulation.

[cf_river_rat]

Great Read - linked and emailed

Bumpin' on through...BTTT

[concretebob]

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and bookmarked for when I haven't had a 16 hour day, which started at 4 AM this morning.

[Christopher Lincoln]

There is no reason to be Pollyannish about Iraq. Like nearly every Arab nation, it is not a competent society at present. Trade, manufacturing, and farming have been suffocated by bad governance. Public servants routinely skim funds.

There is another negative factor in Iraq (and elsewhere), namely Islam. This fact, however regrettable, needs to be pointed out. I believe it was Eric Hoffer who observed, many years ago, that practically everywhere where both Muslims and non-Muslims live, it is the latter who carry on the bulk of the nation's trade. This is true alike where Muslims are the majority and where they are a minority, where Muslims rule and where they are ruled by non-Muslims.

[Just A Nobody]

Thanks for the pings. Great article.

[SuzyQue]

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[technochick99]

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