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Terrorist Thugs In Iraq

Courtesy of Austin Bay, a link to a transcript of a TV interview of a terrorist that was operating in Iraq. Read it and understand the type of people we are operating. This man raped his own relative. Of course, since he was hopped up on hashish and opium, that makes it acceptable under his 'religion'.

Even if we were losing against these people, (and I think we are slowly winning) would we ever want to stop fighting them?

by Dann 

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Reporting The Obvious Is Not 'News'

The CitPat has apparently established a new policy of reporting the obvious. One recent front page story announced that the war in Iraq has caused a decline in Mr. Bush's popularity. Look for the headlines "Sky Is Blue" and "Rain Is Wet" in upcoming editions.

This decline in support is the direct result of media coverage of Iraq that is limited solely to the number of bombs that have gone off and the number of American soldiers that died as a result. Progress in Iraq goes under-reported. Events in Afghanistan are ignored unless an American dies. The media's sole objective is to maintain an accurate body count. Who would support that sort of war?

Fortunately, we have other sources for news. We can read dispatches from the trenches by Michael Yon; this war's Ernie Pyle. We also can read the collections of under-reported good news coming out of these war zones from StrategyPage.com and Arthur Chrenkoff.

We can also read the words of people currently serving in Iraq such as Danjel Bout. Or we can read the words of people that have recently served in those combat zones. [www.austinbay.net] [www.indepundit.com] [www.mudvillegazette.com]

We also have the option of reading other sources such as the Brookings Institution's Iraq Index to aquire a better understanding of the ups and the downs involving Iraq.

In order to have an informed populace, it is incumbent upon the media to report ALL of the news; not just the sensational or just the news that fits a particular template. Our media [including the CitPat] is failing our nation by portraying our campaigns in Iraq and Afghanistan as accomplishing little more than consuming military lives. In doing so, the media are slowly becoming irrelevant.

by Dann 

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