The Analysis Staggers Me

What insight, what austute commentary, what brilliance exhibited by political maestro Thomas Sowell.

The media seem to have come up with a formula that would make any war in history unwinnable and unbearable: They simply emphasize the enemy's victories and our losses.

Losses suffered by the enemy are not news, no matter how large, how persistent, or how clearly they indicate the enemy's declining strength.

And what prey tell would the stunning victories that have not been mentioned by the media in this ill executed war? The Iraqi elections, the signing of the Constitution, the bastard Saddam being captured, I do recall significant coverage of each. Remember all those pictures, videos of purple hands, Saddam emerging from his little rathole? Oh, he must talking about how primary school enrollment is up 20% since Saddam years or maybe that an Iraqi contractor brought his irrigation project 25-percent under budget and returned the unused money I cannot believe that the media focuses so much on the over 2,100 US troops killed or the dead Iraqi civillians which count over 25,000.

Please. We need to stay in Iraq, but to present misleading arguments about how gee golly great the situation just makes any logical, reality based argument impossible to sustain. No need to distort the situation, people need to know cold hard facts, not bullshit.