Bad News, Folks

[GenX]

"Bad news, folks. We’re winning in Iraq.

According to a front page story in The Washington Post, “The U.S. military believes it has dealt devastating and perhaps irreversible blows to al Qaeda in Iraq in recent months, leading some generals to advocate a declaration of victory over the group.”

Wait -- isn’t that good news? As Charlie Gibson put it on ABC’s World News Tonight, “One item from Baghdad, today. The news is that there is no news. The police told us that to their knowledge, there were no major acts of violence. Attacks are down in Baghdad, and today, no bombings or roadside explosions were reported.”

Oh, come on, Post. Come on, ABC. You’re not trying hard enough. Any story can be bad news if you’re willing to dig deep enough. "

"...We finally have a viable exit strategy from the war in Iraq. We’re going to win and come home. Too bad we haven’t yet fashioned a strategy for escaping the media’s relentless focus on bad news."

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[Huggy85]

And was the price of:
- your country's economy
- thousands of young American lives
- tens of thousands of Iraqi people's lives
- your nations stature within the rest of the world
- the level of distrust of not just GWB but of your entire country

was worth it for a war that was declared as over 5 years ago by WB himself?

OK then. Congratulations, I guess.

[GRUMPY]

The time to crow is WHEN its over not before.