Posted on 01/02/2008 5:31:05 PM PST by kellynla
AS 2007 drew to a close, embarrassed journalists sought to play down American military successes and avoided questioning Democratic presidential contenders about their predictions of inevitable failure in Iraq. Magically, Iraq disappeared from the headlines - except on those rare occasions when a problem could be reported. At the close of a year of stunning progress, media stories on New Year's Eve leapt to report that 2007 had been the deadliest year for US troops.
You had to read deep into the columns to learn that those casualties occurred in the first half of 2007, as we battled and defeated the terrorists and militias - or that, in recent months, American and Iraqi casualties have plummeted as a relative peace broke out.
Still, all that was just hushing up dirty family secrets in the media clan and an effort by left-leaning journalists and editors to protect the politicians they favor.
The greatest media story of 2007 was the one you never read (unless you read The Post): The year was a strategic catastrophe for Islamist terrorists - and possibly a historic turning point in the struggle against al Qaeda and its affiliates.
(Excerpt) Read more at nypost.com ...
Glad Pres. Bush finally let Sec. Rumsfeld step aside and moved things forward!
“If the forces of civilization and freedom do as well in 2008 as they did in 2007, we’ll all have a great deal to celebrate next New Year’s Eve.”
From Ralph Peter’s mouth to God’s ears.
I agree with all of Peter’s points in this piece; I just believe that sooner or later, we are going to have to give the muzzies the jihad they so desperately want.
Semper Fi,
Kelly
“Invade their countries, kill their leaders and convert them to Christianity.”
Ann Coulter
Being in Kuwait... It Looks better from here!
Heh! America wins, thanks to our military, as decent as they are tough. While some tried to subvert them, others stood behind them, MAF, the Patriot Guard, Rolling Thunder, and many more. We win, they lose. They won't quit, neither will we.
This is good.
God has a speical place in hell for those involved in this misinformation campaign, imo.
While Petraeus' work in Iraq has been a victory of historic scope, considering the situation in Pakistan and the way the CIA just gave Iran a massive break sandbagging the NIE, I'm not quite so ready to break out the champagne celebrating the demise of AQ. I'll feel a lot better when we get serious about getting them out of THIS country.
Great article. Amen to Victory.
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