Posted on 02/12/2006 11:12:34 PM PST by smoothsailing
February 13, 2006
Unreported History in Baghdad
By Lieutenant Colonel John M. Kanaley
The silence was deafening and the seats were empty. The western press was nowhere to be found. The location was Baghdad and the event was a February 10th, 2006 press conference announcing the final verification of December's election results. Although the final allocation of parliamentary seats did not change from last month's tentative reports, the conference was nonetheless significant for American and Iraqi history.
What was equally significant was the absence of members of the western press.
If the pre-release of the topics to be discussed included reports of widespread voter fraud, complaints by detained terrorists of maltreatment, or a sudden clamoring for the return of the deadly former dictator, certainly, the major news networks and the print media would have found time to attend. Of course, their reports would have consisted of their own perceived failure of western style elections in a part of the world that they deem to be unprepared for democracy. Since they were unable to report a "disastrous" event of this war, apparently, their budgets did not allow for attendance in Baghdad.
The true significance of this announcement is the underlying theme which the anti-war crowd refuses to recognize: the war has been successful and there is verifiable progress within the country of Iraq. Not only did we defeat a murderous despot, we have gained an ally in the war against terrorism. Just three short years ago, these same people were being terrorized by a vicious regime whose primary responsibility was supposed to be to protect its own citizens. After being victims of this brutal state, free Iraqis are now fighting their former oppressors who consist of remnants of the Ba'ath Party and the foreign terrorists who have taken it upon themselves to determine what is best for the Iraqi people.
What is feeding the success of the Iraqis is that they are fighting for a legitimately elected government which they now have a genuine part in. No longer are they forced to support the
you know, very few people have much confidence in the media as it is. things like this are not going to help them at all. what are they thinking???
It's a strange mindset in these times we live.
...well if they attended, there would be a question of fairness and balance on the part of the press...
what really ticks me off is that so many believe the MSM and if you tell them something that doesn't come from them, it must be a lie. if they only knew!!!
Liberals seem to forget this fact. They harp on "Remember the Holocaust", heck we spent millions on a museum constructed not to forget this, but are so quick to turn their backs when it happens again in real time.
I think Bush had more than enough info and brains to realize the problem with the Muslims was huge and had to be stopped.
I thank God he has the helm.
Latest Headline: "Evil Dick Cheney murders lawyer that prosecuted Haliburton! Defendant claimed it was a hunting "accident"!"
bttt
i emailed the breaking news to a friend about this, she wrote back and asked who he shot, i said, just a lawyer. she said. oh well. LOL
Apparently the Whitehouse is holding a BBQ of Scott over the Cheny hunting accident.....not happy with Scott's answers....maybe I'll watch the video clip on the Brit Hume newshour.
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