"George Z. Bush" wrote:

"tscottme" wrote in message
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Scott
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"Interestingly, we started to lose this war only after the embedded
reporters pulled out. Back when we got the news directly from Iraq,
there was victory and optimism. Now that the news is filtered through
the mainstream media here in America, all we hear is death and
destruction and quagmire..." Ann Coulter
http://www.anncoulter.com/columns/2003/091703.htm

From Ann Coulter, that figures. If she is constitutionally unable to blame her
beloved right wing can-do-no-wrong administration for those depressing ongoing
casualties, she blames the press for doing what they're supposed to be doing,
i.e.-reporting the news, even when it's bad. Somehow or other, it's the press'
fault.

The Press ought to report both good and bad news from Iraq. Instead, we hear
only the bad. Looking through a *range* of news sources, I get the impression
the pace of progress had increased the last couple months, and there is some
cautious optimism starting to peek through amongst Iraqis over longer term
prospects for their country.

The "main stream" press gives the impression the US has caused the common Iraqi
to run out and join the jihad against the US and the country is unravaling.

This enterprise can still end up being something Americans look back on in 25-30
years with a great deal of pride, marking the introduction of democratic values
to a region sorely in need of them.

Great endeavors usually involve great risk and hardship. Seems current thinking
is that if you can't get a favorable result in 3 months, then it was never worth
doing to begin with!


SMH