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Power Line: Progress in Iraq you may not have heard about

Via Powerline, this fits in with the previous post about Amir Taheri’s piece in the Arab News. A returning soldier from the Iowa Army National Guard offers a summary of accomplishments in Iraq.

I recently spent the holidays with family. My father is a wonderfully intelligent man, yet his only exposure to the news is either the networks or CNN. As you can imagine, his outlook on Iraq matches the message of the MSM – namely hopelessness, death, destruction and ultimately a failure that cannot be avoided. He’s always surprised when I roll out information like what is provided in this report.

I could engage in idealistic questions about why the media has abrogated it’s responsibility to report the news in exchange for it’s self-appointed mission to derail genuine efforts to make the world a safer place, but there’s little point in going there. The media has made it’s choice. It’s up to the consumer to understand what they are getting.

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