The national media ignores the Iraq war
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Tom Phillips
Published: September 24, 2008
Not so long ago, many national and local Democrats were telling us the Iraqi war was lost and a dead end. The print and television media outlets carried daily war stories that were mostly negative.
Now, it seems the national media is ignoring the war. The war hardly seems to make headlines or even the leading story on the nightly news. What has happened to bring about this change in coverage?
Our troops are winning the war, the new Iraqi government continues to take over control of their provinces and the enemy is on the run. It is a shame the national media has decided that telling the story of
this change in the war is not important enough to cover in the same way that they used to.
TOM PHILLIPS
Manassas
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Posted by ( raywilliams ) on September 26, 2008 at 6:24 am
First, we did not go to war with Iraq. We invaded that country much as the Soviet Union invaded and occupied Afghanistan for some 25 years.
The “war” with Saddam’s government lasted about 3 weeks until Iraq was “liberated”. What has gone on the remaining 5 years of our occupation is a reflection on the lack of planning and foresight by the Bush Administration and their most prominent supporter, John McCain.
You can’t “win” a “war” if there is no one with the authority to “surrender” and make a truce. In the quagmire called Iraq, we can either stay or we can leave, but we cannot “win”.
But Mr. Phillips asks “why no coverage in the press?” Well, the press has covered Mr. Bush playing kick-the-can down the road called January 20, 2009 for a number of years and I guess, as 1/20/09 approaches, it is simply no longer a newsworthy event.
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Posted by ( phdee ) on September 25, 2008 at 11:23 am
The public is tired of wars, the Bush administration, financial problems, the economic problems, etc. It is fallacy to say the war is going well, so why report on it? I read of bombings, corruption, skirmishes, etc. in the media I use. The was has left so many killed, maimed, homeless, refugees, etc. that few people remain. People are tired of Bush/Cheney et al.
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Posted by ( jVA ) on September 25, 2008 at 9:07 am
Yeah! Media bias! I wonder what the media is talking about right now instead of Iraq? Its not like there is some kind of huge crisis on Wall Street or a Presidential election or something.
Actually I do agree with Tom that whether we are winning or losing or just in a stalemate, the lack of media attention to Iraq is disrespectful and unfair to our troops.
21 service members have been killed in combat so far this month. 23 in August. Our troops are still fighting and dying in Iraq, and we all owe it to them to stay engaged and pay attention to what’s happening. Not just the news media.
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Posted by ( willow703 ) on September 25, 2008 at 6:49 am
Ah! Another one of those people who only read the headlines.
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Posted by ( raywilliams ) on September 25, 2008 at 5:25 am
I might remind Mr. Phillips that the US won the Invasion of Iraq (not a war) in the first few weeks after crossing the border. At that time, there was a government that could surrender or be captured, as Saddam was.
In the five or six years since, America has been bogged down in a quagmire because the Bush Administration, supported by John “100 years” McCain, did not have a simple plan on what to do with Iraq once the invasion was successful and Saddam removed.
So since the successful invasion, 4,000 additional US troops have been killed, tens of thousands wounded, hundreds of thousands of darked skinned, funny talking “things” that Christians don’t call people have been needlessly killed - all because George W. Bush invaded first with no reason and then with no plan.
Iraq remains a quagmire because there is no one on the other side with the authority to “surrender” or call for a ceasefire. America will remain bogged down, I guess, until the air-conditioned Ferris Wheeel is built and Iraqis have enough electricity to run it 24 hours a day. Vote Democratic on November 4th.
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