[NYC Republican]

The first paragraph says it all...

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[Cicero]

Although most reporters wouldn't openly put it that way, many left wing reporters are obviously hoping to see more body bags come home, because it will help them to undermine Bush and get the Democrats back into power. You can read their attitudes in the excited glee with which they report any and all setbacks.

[Vigilantcitizen]

I can't get over the shock that the AJC actually printed this.

[mass55th]

"president's premature declaration of victory."

I don't recall this. I do recall Bush declaring the end to major military action.

"The Iraq war has predictably evolved into a guerrilla conflict similar to Vietnam."

While Mr. Marshall may be a Vietnam combat veteran, I believe he's still playing the RAT game of putting words in the President's mouth and making a mountain out of a molehill.

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[finnman69]

Someone get this posted at DUmmyland and lets see them bash this Democrat.

[Redleg Duke]

Note, this is from a Democrat!

[over3Owithabrain]

Excellent article by Rep. Marshall. Perhaps the AJC was attempting some balance after printing that hateful screed by Cleland the other day. This guy actually went there - Max just sounded bitter and divisive.

[finnman69]

I e-mailed this article to Glenn Renyolds at instapundit.com . He's going to use it to followup his MSNBC post today.

[exit82]

Thanks for posting this article.

I just called Rep. Marshall's office in Washington to thank him for this article and to encourage him to get this message out to more of the media: we are creating a lot of goodwill in Iraq by our actions, and the media, by reporting the negative only, is working to embolden our enemies there.

His tollfree number at the Capitol(as well as for all Congressmen and Senators) is 1-800-648-3516. Tell the operator you want to be connected to Congressman Jim Marshall's office.

It would be good to encourage him to speak out even more, and to thank him for writing this article.

[Coop]

News media reports about our progress in Iraq have been bleak since shortly after the president's premature declaration of victory.

This author's soul searching rings hollow when he intentionally puts a lie into print.

[yoe]

News media reports about our progress in Iraq have been bleak since shortly after the president's premature declaration of victory.

This is so typical of reporters today - notice the word premature. It was a thank you speech from a grateful Commander in Chief of a 1st stage job well done - making it very clear there would be much more hard work to come before a victory could be claimed.

We need letters from those who are still on the front lines in Iraq and Afghanistan to act as our eyes and ears for the success stories the press seems to feel are not important. We need these hard working military folks to act as our embedded reporters. So please, post letters telling of the steady success as well as the news of terrorists within Iraq.

The liberal driven press is truly doing enormous harm to our men and women in an effort to unseat President Bush.

Ted Kennedy, Dick Gephardt, Nancy Peolsi etc. have become every bit as distasteful in their remarks and accusations about Iraq and the President as the enemy who would destroy America and that is just what those lame brains are doing.

Our wonderful military deserve far better than those just mentioned; their success and selflessness need to be told each and every day.

[aculeus]

Great post!

[Ann Archy]

The media AND the Democrats want us to be DEFEATED! Un-freaking treasonous.

[dts32041]

The Iraq war has predictably evolved into a guerrilla conflict similar to Vietnam.

Been trying to figure out what is this Viet Nam crap, I think it is more like the reconstrution period after the war of northern aggression, (or maybe the aftermath of WWII) with the copperheads fueling the effort of the losers.

I wish I was a better versed in that period of our history, but it seems very similiar.

Any comments from those have more knowledge of those periods?

[Roscoe Karns]

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[lonevoice]

"Where are the embeds now that we are in the difficult part of the war, now that fair and balanced reporting is critically important to our chances of success? At the height of the conventional conflict, Fox News alone had 27 journalists embedded with U.S. troops (out of a total of 774 from all Western media). Today there are only 27 embedded journalists from all media combined."

I would like an answer to this question, too. There was a post on another thread yesterday where the poster (an Aussie) stated that his buddy, an Australian soldier currently in Iraq, swore that absolutely no progress had been made in our efforts of infrastructure rebuilding in Iraq. It's instructive that Rep. Marshall knew he had to go there himself to ascertain the truth of the situation in spite of the superior intel available to his office.

Even a handful of embeds could be successful in providing unfiltered evidence of what we're accomplishing. If Fox News were to highlight frequent reports from embedded journalists, I do believe the public's interest would be evident in their ratings, which might force other media outlets to compete with the same.