From the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, seen at Gulf Coast Pundit:
Jihadis, money and weapons were poured into Iraq. All for naught. Al-Qaida has been driven from every neighborhood in Baghdad, Maj. Gen. Joseph Fil, the U.S. commander there, said Nov. 7. This follows the expulsion of al-Qaida from two previous “capitals” of its Islamic Republic of Iraq, Ramadi and Baquba.[...]
Al-Qaida’s support in the Muslim world has plummeted, partly because of the terror group’s lack of success in Iraq, more because al-Qaida’s attacks have mostly killed Muslim civilians.[...]“The situation has changed so unmistakably and so swiftly that we should be reading proud headlines daily,” said Ralph Peters, a retired Army lieutenant colonel. “Where are they?”
Read
the whole thing. Then ask yourself if journalists deserve any respect for the lying, twisting, and obfuscation they've done about the war.
Recall the themes of nearly all the news about Iraq and our troops, according to most reporters: Our soldiers are savages, Iraqis hate us, the world hates us, 9/11 was our own fault, Iraq is another Vietnam, we'll never win, blah blah blah. Barely a word about the defeat of al Qaida in Bakuba, Ramadi and Baghdad, or the deaths of terrorists over there. Thousands of words about the few atrocities committed by a tiny number of our troops, and deaths of civilians and our soldiers.
I spit on you, Mainstream Media.