> I guess the viciously winsome Nancy Pelosi
>didn't hear about this -- not to mention our brain-dead and equally
>vicious media!
>
>
>
> By INVESTOR'S BUSINESS DAILY | Posted Monday,
>July 07, 2008 4:20 PM PT
>
> Iraq: What would happen if the U.S. won a war
>but the media didn't tell the American public? Apparently, we have to
>rely on a British newspaper for the news that we've defeated the last
>remnants of al-Qaida in Iraq.
>
> London's Sunday Times called it 'the culmination
>of one of the most spectacular victories of the war on terror.' A
>terrorist force that once numbered more than 12,000, with strongholds in
>the west and central regions of Iraq, has over two years been reduced to
>a mere 1,200 fighters, backed against the wall in the northern city of
>Mosul.
>
> The destruction of al-Qaida in Iraq (AQI) is one
>of the most unlikely and unforeseen events in the long history of
>American warfare. We can thank President Bush's surge strategy, in which
>he bucked both Republican and Democratic leaders in Washington by
>increasing our forces there instead of surrendering.
>
> We can also thank the leadership of the new
>general he placed in charge there, David Petraeus, who may be the
>foremost expert in the world on counter-insurgency warfare. And we can
>thank those serving in our military in Iraq who engaged local Iraqi
>tribal leaders and convinced them America was their friend and AQI their
>enemy.
> Al-Qaida's loss of the hearts and minds of
>ordinary Iraqis began in Anbar Province, which had been written off as a
>basket case, and spread out from there.
> Now, in Operation Lion's Roar the Iraqi army and
>the U.S. 3rd Armored Cavalry Regiment is destroying the20fraction of
>terrorists who are left. More than 1,000 AQI operatives have already
>been apprehended.
>
> Sunday Times reporter Marie Colvin, traveling
>with Iraqi forces in Mosul, found little AQI presence even in
>bullet-ridden residential areas that were once insurgency strongholds,
>and reported that the terrorists have lost control of its Mosul urban
>base, with what is left of the organization having fled south into the
>countryside.
> Meanwhile, the State Department reports that
>Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki's government has achieved
>'satisfactory' progress on 15 of the 18 political benchmarks - a big
>change for the better from a year ago.
>
> Things are going so well that Maliki has even
>for the first time floated the idea of a timetable for withdrawal of
>American forces. He did so while visiting the United Arab Emirates,
>which over the weekend announced that it was forgiving almost $7 billion
>of debt owed by Baghdad - an impressive vote of confidence from a fellow
>Arab state in the future of a free Iraq.
>
> But where are the headlines and the front-page
>stories about all this good news? As the Media Research Center pointed
>out last week, 'the CBS Evening News, NBC Nightly News and CNN's
>Anderson Cooper 360 were silent Tuesday night about the benchmarks' that
>signaled political progress.
>
> The war in Iraq has been turned around 180
>degrees both militarily and politically because the president stuck to
>his guns. Yet apart from IBD, Fox News Channel and parts of the foreign
>press, the media don't seem to consider this historic event a big story.

Here's my thought on why the media plays Iraq the way it does.

We didn't invade Iraq because we wanted to battle Al Quadia.  We invaded because we wanted to remove Saddam, who at that point we believed had WMD.  Once we removed him the US thought the Iraqi people would stand up and form a common society and defend their country.  It didn't happen.  Instead we ended up fighting "insurgents." (Guys in flip flops shooting at our troops because they want us out of their country.)  The instability to the region opened the doors of opportunities and Al Quaeda terror cells moved in causing more US casualties.  The US then brought in more troops and flushed most of Al Quaeda out of the region giving Iraq more security with our presence.

So why not call it a win?
To win that war, the objectives of the Iraqi government being able to keep their country stable without the US presence has not happened.

imracin68j wrote on 07/22/08 at 10:49am:

68j, it's not over yet! I think we have made progress in Iraq.
You have to admit, If we leave now, then Every Terrorist from surrounding countries will move in and Slaughter Everyone who's not part of their click.
 It's a Bad Move to leave right now. IMO

Which part is incorrect?  If you don't like the media, don't watch, read, or listen to it. That's your God given right. The freedom of speech is an American right.  Don't like it, move to Russia. You have a right to get your news from Hanidy, Rush and Spam mail.  If Americans as a whole felt those were reliable sources of information then the general media would have no impact on society.

Dude, I was just about to type the same thing about you guys.  That was wierd

95% of LMR politics is the RWF crying about the governement, how much they take from you, the changing of your values or your ideals, what your neighbors look like etc...  The door is at the border.  Don't like it, hit the exit.  Go vote in November, then move on with your lives.

imracin68j wrote on 07/22/08 at 3:43pm:


I have learned over the years that the media is bias and one-sided. They "play on it"or "spin it" to make it appear as they want it to, even if it is not the TRUTH! Shame on them.
If you want to call it Freedom of Speech, go ahead and everyone needs to see it as it is..simply an opinion of a reporter that happens to be paid to report their opinion.

Whatever happened to just reporting the story factually and then let everyone form their own opinion???

I thought they were reporters, but I guess they should be referred to as opinionators.

And yes, I do exercise my right and do not read certain papers or watch certain news programs that must "spin" everything as if it were a record!

bigmikes wrote on 07/22/08 at 3:51pm:

bigmike, Why would you give credit to something like this??
   That Sicko that haunts Jean Bennette (sp?) grave everyday comes to mind (John Carr I think?)

imracin68j wrote on 07/22/08 at 4:02pm:

The sad thing is, you really believe yourself... sad, really sad.

This is cool

http://politicalmarket.cnn.com/markets/12369

FASTMIKE wrote on 07/22/08 at 7:25pm:
He isn't very confident in his guy is he? Billy you really need to stop, everyone on here is starting to think you really believe all the crap you say on here, it is a joke right?