Bad In Iraq

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Mary links to Chris Albritton,

As Chris notes, it’s hard to reconcile the happy talk of the press releases with the reality they experience every day.
News flash: Iraq is a disaster. I’ve been back one day, and the airport road was the worst I’ve ever seen it. We had to go around a fire-fight between mujahideen and Americans while Iraqi forces sat in the shade of date palms on the side of the road, their rifles resting across their laps. My driver pointed to a group of men in a white pickup next to me. “They are mujahideen,” he said. “They are watching the Americans.” Indeed, they were, and so intently that they paid no attention to me in the car next to them. We detoured around two possible car bombs that had been cordoned off while Iraqis cautiously approached.

The authorities say Iraq is doing great. So who should Chris believe, Rumsfeld or his own lying eyes?

Read Chris’ entire post from Iraq.

2 thoughts on “Bad In Iraq”

  1. Salon is asking War? What war?

    This always happens: Every combat veteran knows this about war, but the politicians who make war don’t, or don’t tell. Yes, compared with World War II, or even Vietnam, not many American troops are dying in Iraq. But every GI who dies in Iraq, and every dead Iraqi civilian we don’t count, is a human being like you or me, and as worthy of memorializing as the people who died in the World Trade Center — certainly as Natalee Holloway. It’s time, long past time, for the media to get real about war. Until it does, the TV channels will just be filled with bread and circuses and lies. And the Great Awakening that was supposed to be ushered in will be revealed to be a restless sleep, haunted by shabby, mean-spirited dreams.

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