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From: LindyBill8/26/2005 2:52:55 AM
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The Media Are the Enemy
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One of the most extreme cases of outrageous, slanted, defeatist reporting I’ve ever seen—and that’s saying a lot: U.S., insurgents locked in stalemate. (Hat tip: Right Equals Might.)

The premise, as you can probably tell from the headline, is that we’re losing in Iraq. The first sentence:

FALLUJAH, Iraq — Insurgents in Anbar province, the center of guerrilla resistance in Iraq, have fought the U.S. military to a stalemate.

But here’s the real kicker:

Military officials now frequently compare the fight in Anbar to the Vietnam War...

Unnamed “military officials” are frequently comparing Iraq to Vietnam? Wow.

... saying that guerrilla fighters, who blend back into the population, are trying to break the will of the American military - rather than defeat it outright - and to erode public support for the war back home.

And the courageous “guerilla fighters” have a staunch ally in Tom Lasseter of Knight Ridder."
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