[BOBTHENAILER]

Army Lt. Gen. Ricardo Sanchez, commander of Combined Joint Task Force 7, also took exception to media coverage of the situation in Iraq. "It is very disturbing to me to sit here every day and watch the news back home that focuses on the bad things that are occurring in Iraq," he said.

Great post.

[xzins]

The general says it makes it seem as if the sacrifices of coalition troops is not being appreciated. He said there is progress in every area of the country. "We ought to make sure that America knows that their sons' and daughters' sacrifices are for a good cause," he said. "We have eliminated a dictator here. We are making a difference every single day."

General Sanchez says it perfectly.

The press doesn't appreciate the sacrifice being made by America's Sons & Daughters.

If they really supported our troops, they'd be showing the awesome things they're accomplishing in bringing peace and freedom to this FORMERLY brutalized land.

And it would give some small measure of comfort to the parents of those who give their lives. To know that the sacrifice was for the good of others and to promote the advance of justice and peace would give that parent something to cling to in the years ahead.

As it is, the press hates the families of our soldiers. They epecially hate the families of our deceased soldiers. They try to hide the good that the deceased was a part of before they made their ultimate sacrifice.

It would have been like NEVER telling the heroic story of the firefighters after 9/11 BUT ONLY AND EXCLUSIVELY focusing on looters of the ground zero site.

[Grampa Dave]

Thanks for posting this.

It is obvious that the left wing lunatics/mediots/videoits are on a mission to electronically lynch our president, smear Rummy and make our brave warriors look ineffective in Iraq.

They have given up on the Yellowcake Scam and now trying to use what they did re Viet Nam to reverse our wins in Iraq.

These left wing lunatics have been in bed with the Islamofacists decades before 9/11, and they still are.

[Fester Chugabrew]

Good news does not sell. Muckracking, slander, and cynicism do. That's what the press is for. That's their job, and someone loves to eat this stuff up.

[Vets_Husband_and_Wife]

The biggest NEWS coming out of Iraq, is that the NEWS MEDIA isn't reporting the NEWS!! There is good news constantly coming back from Iraq. Both from the North and the South. But it typically is coming back via the troops! Or from people like Fox News reporters.

The liberal media would rather POLITICIZE this, and WAIT to get a DEMOCRAT ELECTED, then report anything good that could then be attributed to this President. HOW SICK IS THAT??

(BTW,.. caps are for emphasis.. I'm not yelling, though the good Lord knows I feel like YELLING!!)

[faithincowboys]

I am saddened that the loudmouth, unpatriotic Boomer Left and its' wannabes never miss an opportunity to run down our Great Country. There is a lot of anger and sadness over it and I hope each and every one of them get theirs.

[oceanview]

start having more briefings from Rumsfeld, he cable networks will cover it, these were essential during the war to getting at least some information out without the bias of the media filtering it.