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Originally posted by: Mavdog
The facts are that the situation is tenuous, that there has NOT been any measureable progress in reducing the violence.
One can put a good face on it, put out press that everything is getting better to be positive about the scene, but that is not journalism, it's spin.
Is that negative? No, it's realism.
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Listen. For once, just listen. All that we want is to hear BOTH SIDES of the story. Report the number of dead soldiers and the civilian casualties. That's all well and good, and it's part of the picture. It's just not the WHOLE picture.
Where are the reports about the SUCCESSES that we are having militarily? Where are the interviews with Iraqis who are HAPPY that we deposed Hussein? We ARE having military success and there ARE many Iraqis who are happy that Saddam is out of power, but we never hear from those people.
All we want is a fair and balanced account. Report ALL the facts, and let Americans make up their minds. Don't report those facts which you see fit to report.
That's all we ask.
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Reality is that we did not prepare well for the post invasion situation, and our leadership seems to not have responded to the changed landscape or have a good grasp on what will bring better progress in stabilizing Iraq.
The criticism of our leadership's decisionmaking doesn't entail that we can't be successful. We can, and we will. It's the current strategy and the high costs of this administration's plan that is failing us and the Iraqis. We need a better plan.
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It's all well and good to criticize the post-invasion handling of the war in Iraq. Let's just be honest about what's actually happening over there.