[JohnHuang2]

Michelle Malkin MEGA PING!

[NormsRevenge]

FOBJ BumP

[screaming eagle2]

Very good article by Mary.Sometimes the civilian leadership should just let the military do their job.

[Albion Wilde]

" came to Iraq a darkening pessimist about the war, due largely to my doubts about the compatibility of Islam and Western-style democracy, but also as a result of the steady, sensational diet of "grim milestone" and "daily IED count" media coverage that aids the insurgency. I left Iraq with unexpected hope and resolve. The everyday bravery and consummate professionalism of the troops I embedded with have strengthened my faith in the U.S. military. "

Excellent Michelle Malkin report -- embedded last week in Iraq....

[SuziQ]

These troops are committed to their mission. They deserve our commitment to them.

Too bad the Democrats and the weenie RINOS in congress don't seem to want to do this.

[GOP Poet]

bookmark

[LZ_Bayonet]

"We are fighting a "war of the fleas" -- ...multiple home-grown and foreign operators, street gangs, organized crime and free-lance jihadis conducting ambushes, extrajudicial killings, sectarian attacks, vehicle bombings and sabotage... Cell phones, satellites and the Internet have allowed the fleas to magnify their importance,"

I saw all this on a network news program last night. It was a story about the gangs in LA and how joint LE agencies are about to launch attempts to control them.

[Bigh4u2]

There are rules ya know! :0)

[Yo-Yo]

Now it's time for Carnac the Magnificent.

Answer: The troops I met ask only three things of their fellow Americans back home: time, patience and understanding of the enormous complexities on the ground.

Question: Name three things Nancy Pelosi doesn't have.

[Star Traveler]

So Michell Malkin got to go embedded... cool... We need some good and accurate press over there.

Regards,
Star Traveler

[OESY]

Mars to Earth: Send for Gen. Pelosi! [Victor Davis Hanson]


In the context of the great debate over whether the radical plunge in support for the Iraqi war was fueled primarily by the sectarian killing, poor decision-making by Americans, or the media' concentration only on bad news-or all three and more- I was struck today reading the San Francisco Chronicle's "Iraqi Digest", the daily roundup from the front.

There were six items. None were about the recent arrests of militia members or at least the pretense that the Baghdad government promises changes, or Gen. Petraeus's plans, or any losses in the enemy camp, or any acts of heroism by American soldiers as they sought to protect the fragile democracy they fostered.

Instead we get this: (1) Al Qaeda's brag that it cowardly ambushed and killed an American consultant and three security contractors; (2) The US military "admits" that it raided the Sudanese Embassy in Baghdad; (3) Another American soldier will plead guilty to charges of rape and premeditated murder; (4) another Marine admits guilt to kidnapping and killing an Iraqi civilian; (5) 59 Iraqis were killed in a car bombing.

The sixth and apparently only "good news" story provided the balance to the five: 100 more of Saddam's former government will face trial for genocide.

A person from Mars reading this would conclude today that Americans are only doing two things in Iraq: getting killed, and/or violating international law, raping, kidnapping, and murdering the innocent as they watch civilians get blown up.

In contrast on Page One, there is a flashy lead with "Pelosi Leads Dems to Early Victories" with lines following like, "Speaker Fulfills pledge.."; "A daunting agenda", "Dems bleat Clock", and so on.

Our Martian reader of all this might also logically ask, "Can't these foolish earthlings get this brilliant and dynamic Speaker Pelosi over to Iraq to show their Gen. Petraeus how to fix things in 100 hours as she did at home?


http://corner.nationalreview.com/post/?q=ZGJlMzI0MzZlY2UxZTJhMjlmZjgxNDM4OWUzODk1N2M=

[malia]

ping

[Volunteer]

Michelle -

Thank you for this. God bless you for going there and seeing it first-hand.

I've just come from breakfast at a local place my wife and I love. We had the misfortune of sitting near 2 retired college professor who, with copies of the NYT in hand, discussed how the war is "just a grab for oil and everyone knows it." They went on to talk about how the first Gulf War - the one in which I served - was also "just an oil grab by Bush 1".

Is there anything more bitter, angry, or wrong on the face of God's green Earth than an old leftist?

I plan on going back to my little breakfast spot and taking one of your books with me. With any luck, it will give one of these old commie coots a stroke.

Thank you again,

Your big fan in Carbondale, IL.

[Gritty]

The troops I met ask only three things of their fellow Americans back home: time, patience and understanding of the enormous complexities on the ground.

Sorry, fellas. You're not going to get any of the three. The MSM and the Libs have broken that hope.

The best you can hope for is a year of crippling criticism and incessant Congressional attacks from the home front before the plug is yanked. The Dem's figure your defeat is their ticket to full power in '08. They seem to have successfully run the clock back to Vietnam, 1975, and convinced the "American People" the war is not only lost but a waste of time, money, and lives.

Your time is rapidly running out. So is America's.

[lowbridge]

bump

[SkyPilot]

God Bless her.

I am glad she was able to see the military close up doing their job. She was probably an incredible morale boost to them. They knew instinctively she was on their side.

They also probably found her to be....errrr.....cute. So would I.

I know it is not PC - but if there is anything that brightens the spirit of a G.I. - it is a pretty girl to remind them what they are fighting for.

[ken21]

god, i'd love to do that!

+ then come back to the u.s.a. + get in some liberals' faces!

[cgk]

Malkin ping!

Please FReepmail me if you would like to be added to, or removed from, the Michelle Malkin ping list...

[MHGinTN]

From her article: I came to Iraq a darkening pessimist about the war, due largely to my doubts about the compatibility of Islam and Western-style democracy, but also as a result of the steady, sensational diet of "grim milestone" and "daily IED count" media coverage that aids the insurgency. Yes, Michelle, the bastards of mainstream media at the alphabet networks spewing the democrats' 'defeat the administration at all costs' fodder over the American scene have succeeded even beyond their wildest imaginations! I'm learning to hate these leftists bastards more every day. If the shooting starts in America in this war against terrorists, I know where I'll seek out targets.