So, put it all together: al Qaeda in Iraq is failing. It 
    has little military strength, and the Iraqi people "do not
    support its cause." It has succeeded in one arena only: 
    the American media. Yet, despite the despair manifested by
    the authors of the captured documents, that one success 
    may be all that al Qaeda needs. Because the perverse 
    negativity of the American press is the only view that 
    most Americans get of the conflict's progress. And, 
    because of their shoddy coverage of the war, our reporters
    and editors provide the terrorists with their only gleam 
    of hope.

    And spare us the hate mail: I didn't say it. al Qaeda did.