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I have seen progress stories, but they were earlier in the war.

I support Bush and the war in Iraq, even while acknowleging there were mistakes (show me a war where everything worked according to plan).

I remember prior to the election when the administration would not say mistakes were made that many on this forum were also denying things weren't going according to plan. Now we have the arguement that well yes some mistakes were made, but in war nothing goes according to plan. That's not what was being reported here prior to the election.

The problem is certain folks want their views validated by the media.

You say you want a full picture? Thre isn't time in the day to do that. Even the administration doesn't have a full picture. It's too fluid.

And there have been stories on newscasts about our soldiers doing the good deeds, but it's easier to remember when mistakes were made. Why? Because when Sgt. Jones does a good deed, it shown once. When there is torture there's a long period of time between when it was first reported and the trial was held. Lyndie England comes to mind. The reporting of her acts were a process over time. Sgt. Jones was captured once and he and his good deed have gone on to other things.

Abu Ghraib is back in the news because Sgt. Michael J. Smith was just found guilty. What he did happened 2-3 years ago, yet it's in the news today due to the process of the event and now the guilty verdict of his trial.