[veronica]

FYI.

[The Great Satan]

The propaganda front, in which the U.S. and her allies struggle against Saddam Hussein's attempts to maintain the fear through which he has held the Iraqi people in subjection. In this last, Mr. Saddam is benefiting tremendously from the help of the international anti-Bush and anti-American media.

Mr. Saddam also benefited tremendously when it turned out that rumors of his demise were greatly exaggerated.

[JohnHuang2]

Thanks for the ping :)

[DoctorMichael]

Our boys are doing an excellent job.

Screw the hostile Presstitutes!

In Gulf War-I we bombed these suckers for 38 days before the ground attack began. We can be a little considerate of the sacrifice and lives that are being given here for our country and a little LESS critcal of a war in its 7th day!

[tiki]

I'm not at all discouraged. I think it is still going with a flexible plan and that we don't know what that plan is. We see the war through the eyes of the embeds, who only see what is in front of their eyes and the sometimes, hostile, sometimes, just ignorant media.

I was surprised though, that Bevelaqua was so pessimistic on Fox this morning. This is war, it is not a cake walk or a peace negotiation in involves lethat weaponry and it looks like most of it is hitting its target for the allies.

[Mudboy Slim]

Git used to it, DemonRATS, the GoodGuys are Winning in a Rout!!

FReegards...MUD

[Spruce]

Excellent read. Hard to believe it's from Canada.

[conservatism_IS_compassion]

Bump!

[MrConfettiMan]

On the large scale, we have the persistent display of doubts about tactics and strategy from journalists without any qualifications to judge them: who know no military history, indeed hardly any history at all; nor are they in possession of many current facts. Their motives are, moreover, clear enough, for many are people whose anti-Bush and anti-American attitudes were on display long before the war.

fyi ping

[conservatism_IS_compassion]

"One of the key elements ... in this battle is the willingness of the Iraqi people to stand up to the Saddamite remnants. That willingness depends, in part, on their confidence that the allies are making progress. What the BBC is able to do, by broadcasting directly to these people, is to keep the Iraqi people's morale as far down as possible, thereby helping to make the war more bloody, thereby helping discredit it in retrospect."

The BBC is hardly the only source of disinformation on the war; it is everywhere in the "liberal" media,

The Arab press is goverment-controlled anti-freedom propaganda. That we can understand. The odd-seeming part is the fact that free competitive American (and British, as the BBC example illustrates) essentially mirrors the antiAmericanism of hostile governments. But it was no different during the Cold War; CBS was sometimes labeled the "Communist Broadcasting System".

To understand why this is so you must "follow the money." Once you understand the actual financial incentives

Why Broadcast Journalism is Unnecessary and Illegitimate

of journalism, journalists' attitudes/behavior does not seem quite so incomprehensible.

[sakic]

The question asked before the invasion was not how successful the war would be. Everyone assumed it would go well. The divisions of opinion regard the aftermath of the war.

[SkyPilot]

Beautiful article.

Listening to the questions shouted at the Pentagon yesterday by reporters filled me with my own shock and awe, to wit:

- do these reporters ever (EVER) looks at Sunday's game films on Monday and assess how they have acted and behaved?

- If they have done the above, mea culpa and shame should be their war cry

[JoeSchem]

Saddam Hussein has lost his country and is now reduced to Baghdad and environs. Soon he will be reduced to a bunker. Then he and his mistress and German shepherd will take vials of poison and their bodies will be burned beyond recognition, thus sparking sixty years of 'Saddam is alive and well and living in Argentina' paperback thrillers.