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WaPo Asks: Why Is No One Noticing the Successes in Iraq?Partly, of course, it's because the Washington Post joined the rest of the media in a conspiracy to denigrate or simply ignore the success of the surge. But now they've decided that honesty compels them to admit the obvious. This is a huge editorial. The rest of the MSM has to answer the WaPo's question; they can't easily be ignored, the way that right-leaning organizations and columnists are routinely ignored. The Iraqi Upturn Unhinged hack Andrew Sullivan has offered the predictable leftist response to this editorial -- basically, the success means that Obama has to push faster for surrender, because, um, the best time to surrender is when you're on the verge of victory, I guess. That's as idiotic as most of Sullivan's oevure. Of course liberals and conservatives have the same ultimate goal regarding US troops in Iraq -- namely, get them out -- and I'm happier than most liberals about this rush of victory because, unlike most of them, I really do care that troops are being killed and see them as more than convenient, if thuggish, murderous, and troglodytic, props to be used in a political war against George W. Bush. I'd guess almost every conservative in America wants the troops home for the sake the troops more than almost any liberal does. But of course this entire line of spin is ridiculous. If victory is coming, as it appears to be, of course most of the troops will return home, and the rest will remain in relative safely and calm as troops do in Germany and South Korea. There's no reason to push a "plan for withdrawal" when a plan for victory accomplishes both military victory and withdrawal just as quickly as any "phased over-the-horizon redeployment to Okinawa." But most liberals actually do not want there to be a victory in Iraq, even if one could be had with no further US combat deaths. They crave defeat and surrender as a positive outcome, as it vindicates their long-held claims of futility and defeatism, undermines their hated enemy George Bush, and most importantly, chastens the evil America that sends troops to foreign lands and gives it a "teachable moment" in pacifism and isolationism. Still, it'll be interesting to watch the rest of MSM begrudgingly admit "some" progress while repeating Sullivan's spin (hopefully more persuasively) that defeat can and must be snatched from the jaws of victory. Unless, as is possible, the MSM simply decides to ignore even the Washington Post. Even NPR... featured a reporter in Iraqi noting the great progress. I'm searching for the program -- I guess it aired around 3:15-3:30 or so Eastern time -- but I'm not finding it. He offered all the usual caveats -- everything could fall apart, reporters still can't move freely in Baghdad due to the kidnap threat, etc. -- but was pretty definitive on the fact that there are remarkable improvements. Including, if I heard this right, that today or yesterday was the first day that zero bodies were discovered after having been kidnapped, killed, and unceremoniously dumped. During the worst of the violence, that number was something like 50-60 per day. | Recent Comments
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