I keep hearing this rant about how the mainstream media never covers the good news coming out of Iraq. So I thought to myself, "Where would I find the good news?" How about the White House web page on Iraq. Turns out that they don't have any good news either. Most of the sections end their coverage in the June of 2004 when the insurgency was just starting to hit on a daily basis. After that it's only been press briefings which just spin the bad news. The sections that quote Iraqi's about how good the occupation (oh, wait, liberation) has been for them are all from 2003.
Here is a good Iraqi comment from the White House site:
"The tension is reducing every day. We are seeing a change. People are starting to realize that the soldiers are not here to occupy Fallujah forever-they're here to help us rebuild." -- Taha Bedawi, mayor of Fallujah, The Washington Post, July 29, 2003.
Stark contrast to the reality in 2004 after we dropped napalm and white phosphor on the city.
So where is the good news? The President keeps talking about the good news, but why does his own website not talk about it?
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