What is it like in Iraq?

[kandrathe]

I do not find reading the entire text of UN mushmouth speak to be worth my time, but thanks for the link anyway.

Well, the gist of it to me was that the usually sympathetic liberal press handed him his rear end. One question was almost blatantly asking "Since the UN is so ineffective under your leadership, will you resign?"

What I can't determine is whether or not "smoking out terrorists" was deliberate or not.

I wondered that myself. I wouldn't doubt it was in the list of major objectives. What more perfect place than Iraq which borders on or near the places that are rife with Wahabi-ism. Even before the Ba'athist regime fell the borders were open except at designated check points. I think there will be US military there until the new Iraqi government asks us to leave. Then we will move the anti-terrorism fighting elsewhere in the region.

However, beating terrorists in the media war is an aim worth pursuing, even though it is an incredibly hard fight to win in a global media setting.

Our own media is out of control, obtuse, and myopic -- I think the US has little chance to spin anything positive in the global media.

Over 300 young Iraqi men applying for jobs at police stations have been killed by their fellow Arab terrorist extremist brothers, all in the name of striking at anyone who cooperates with the US in bringing order to Iraq. There are still thousands who line up outside police stations all over Iraq with the hope of getting a good job and helping to rebuild their society. The Iraqi's seem to pretty clearly understand who are their friends and enemies. What does our media focus on? The number of Americans killed and then whining like kids in the back seat "Are we there yet?".