During are first engagements in the WOT - I consider Iraq and Afghanistan engagements in the same war - I remember how the media, right out of the box, declared in both cases the military was in a quagmire. Then, while still wringing their hands about Afghanistan, we took over the country. Then, in the middle of wringing their hands concerning Iraq, the statue was pulled down and we were in Baghdad. I wondered at the time who would see this on the news and have the light bulb go off, that the media is lying to us. Sometimes I despair that not many do. Listening to Hannity's Man On The Street, I get the feeling that NYC could go up in a mushroom cloud and survivors would have no idea what happened or why. Yet, maybe many people are seeing the lying media for what it is and quietly making their voices known at the polls.
I certainly hope so. I always knew the media was twisting and distoring the news to their agenda, but when I came over here and saw how things really were in Iraq and then saw how they reported it, it just blew my mind.
I've seen occasions where the soldiers have gotten so mad seeing those lies on CNN in the chow halls that they've demanded en masse that "this crap" be turned off.
And I've had Iraqis ask me why the American media only shows the "dark things" and never the good. I've had to explain to them about the corruption and being newly liberated, they can't really grasp why anyone would be so vitriolic and against freedom.