'Bush Good, Saddam Bad!'

Opinion Journal ^ | 08/19/03 | JOHN R. GUARDIANO

[Pokey78]

A Marine reports from Iraq, where things are far better than the media let on.

AL HILLAH, Iraq--There's more to America than New York, Washington and Los Angeles. The same is true for Iraq; there's a vast country outside Baghdad and the "Sunni triangle" that's now the center of a guerrilla campaign. It's understandable that Western press reports are fixated on attacks that kill American soldiers. But that focus is obscuring what's actually happening in the rest of the country--and it misleads the public into thinking that Iraqis are growing angry and impatient with their liberators.

[Pokey78]

Ya'll Ping this one along!

[ladyinred]

Good find Pokey!

[dighton]

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[HiJinx]

Once again, the Internet (and FR in particular) is left to tell the good news while the mainstream media tries to sell their image of what the news should be.

[hemogoblin]

Politically, greater Baghdad is populated with people who owe their privileged status in life to Saddam Hussein and the Baath Party. Most Iraqis, by contrast, were brutally oppressed by Saddam.

it seems there are some "blue areas" on the map of Iraq ... and they're in the cities ...

[WOSG]

good article!

[everyvotecounts]

Talked to my Marine yesterday. I am thankful he is finally coming home. He is another city. I asked him how the Iraqi's feel about them being there. He said they don't want us to leave. And to this day, when they head into the city - it's like a parade of happy people (lots of kids) cheering them on. Just like this article says. Thanks for posting it.

[Tunehead54]

Good News Bump! Thanks. Too few of these. Please post more!

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[RedneckRampage]

I'm glad Bush sent our brave troops in to kick some Islmami *ss, but I'm not fallin' for this warm fuzzy talk. Be reallistic. They are all beyond redemption, they are heathans and hate Americans. I say let God sort 'em out.

Redneck
- If you don't agree with us, you ain't no American

[The South Texan]

According to CNN, it is like this " Bush Bad, Saddam Good.

That is what the Iraqi people were saying on CNN yesterday. CNN is always right. Right?

[stlnative]

bttt

[Mo1]

Maybe we should email this article to whinning liberals on TV, who can only find the doom and gloom stories to report on

[kayak]

Two Iraqi children once spontaneously shouted to me, "France, Chirac!" while giving the thumbs-down sign and shaking their heads disapprovingly. The children quickly smiled and shouted "Bush!" while punching the sky.

Smart kids! ..... :-)

[pierrem15]

That's what the Iraqi army and the militias we are forming are for. When they are up and running, I am assuming we will pull most of our troops out but establish some "out of sight" bases in the desert for a while to make sure everyone knows the referee is still around.

[JustPiper]

Whistling , here I am! I've been reading many good true mails like this lately, does the heart good! At least we know the Military won't vote for Hitlery!

[Argh]

Thank you, Miss Linda.

It reminds me of the following: A Montrealer named John MacDonald who used to work at ABC News (and may still), who was a childhood friend of a college buddy of mine, used to tell about his reports from Beirut. There used to be stories about ghastly upheavals in Beirut during the late 70's or early 80's, backed up on video with shots of wrecked buildings, etc. Well, at the time, all of the dreadful background shots were taken from various angles OF THE SAME TWO BLOCK AREA OF THE CITY! Apparently, the rest of the city was just fine (at the time, that is: I believe that changed later), but in order to have a story, the media members would cynically trot down to this small area to show the "devastation". I believe the media's own name for this two block area was "TV Alley". A little like filming the worst of the projects and claiming, "This is New York City".

[lainde]

Good news ping!