The sea-change depicted in this one episode, wherein an al-Qaida chieftan is killed by an "insurgency" fighting on the side of the US and Iraqi military, is putting the lie to the media's depiction of futility. It is putting the lie to the media's depiction of the "failed" Bush strategy. It is putting the lie to the media's conclusion as to which side's winning the war. It is putting the lie to the media's contention as to what the Iraqi people really want.
When historians attempt to assess how the Democratic Party could have been so stupid as to take the losing side in this war, the answer will be simple: THEY BOUGHT THE MEDIA'S LIES. All of them.
The Democrats and their supplicant media have hoped all along for a defeat for America in Iraq, and thus a defeat for Bush. So the media has engaged in "wishful thinking" reporting from the beginning. The lefty consumers of this fantasy reporting have willingly participated, also in "wishful thinking" mode. The fantasy world they created has caused them to be unprepared for what is coming. They will literally be "mugged by reality".
HAPPY MAY DAY, MSM!
On Fox and Friends this AM, Bob Beckel was already “yeah but-ing” this. He was pooh-poohing this cause the Iraqis did it - “just more insurgent/civil war violence”. I thought the moonbats and Murtha-ites biggest complaint (other than USA being terrorists in Iraq) was that the Iraqis weren’t taking care of business...
You can never satisfy a lunatic.
I have a friend who just returned from twelve months in Anbar province working the counter Improvised Explosive Device (IED) problem. It was his fourth tour of duty in Iraq.
His assessment is that:
1. We are very close to providing the stability required for the Iraqis to be successful
2. The flow of terrorists from external countries has been significantly interdicted and that the terrorists are far fewer in number than people realize
3. The media is 3 to 6 months behind on the real stroy in Iraq
4. The media is fully invested in our defeat in Iraq