news conference at the Pentagon
I'm putting together a ping list.
Please let me know if you want on - or off. We need to get pro-active on behalf of the troops. (Republican) Senators and Reps are very glad to hear from constituents who know what the press is doing and are working to get the message out.
Contact the press, so they know we know - and then go straight to the people - sympathetic groups, pundits, friends.
People are shocked when you lay out the facts - number of troops on the ground, number of Iraqis, size of the country, number (how few) casualties, numbers of bad guys, weapons and funding taken in, number of schools open, pipelines working, new Iraqi police and military grads, people in the marketplace.
The facts change little from week to week...except to show that our troops are taking a big bite out of crime in the Hussein neighborhood and making steady, heartwarming progress in a hurting land.
Bring 'em on.
We'll keep score.