Half a Glass of Water in Iraq?
A convergence of thoughts today:
On TV, they are showing Hamid Karzai being sworn in as president of Afghanistan. This is quite a feat, considering the state of things in Central Asia just three short years ago. I commented to my family that four years from now, as GWB retires, this triumph will long be forgotten in the shadow of Iraq.
Now, as I am on-line, I'm looking at a poll on Netscape.com:
The poll questions whether GWB is misleading Americans on the Iraq situation.
The choices are:
1 - Bush needs to be more realistic
2 - Optimism is needed
3 - I don't know
Well,...I'm sure that last one is making the MSM jump for joy. More idiots upon which to dump liberal, one-world ideology.
How realistic does Bush have to be? If it weren't for the CNN (UNN), MSNBC, NPR crowd distorting every action in Iraq, we wouldn't be having polls like this.
I guess the optimism needed is optimism that MAYBE we'll hear more stories about the schools being built in Iraq. Or about the empty homes in Fallujah, evacuated before the latest assault, that were stocked with blankets for the American/British soldiers. Or that up in the Kurdish North, people of varying ethnic backgrounds get along just fine.
Sigh,.....
posted by TheBitterAmerican @ 10:51 PM
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Wish I had a nickel for everytime I've wanted to write the questions for a poll, TrekMedic. Where DO they pick up these pea brain authors??
And dat's the weakness of polls... the very questions themselves. If you can only pick from A, B or C, and you believe D, what's the point in participating?
But you're right on with Afghanistan's mind-blowing progress being swept under the carpet. Especially when you compare the three years to get to this point in Afghanistan, and the 1.5 years it will be from fall of Saddam to their first election in January.
Will the MSM pick up on that?
But noooooooooo.... they're too busy *still* calling us occupiers instead of a support force for a fledgling gov't.
Prime example? Everyone wonders why we didn't just blow the begeezus out of Fallujah. Why? Because the Iraqi interim gov't was calling the shots, and they felt it would be a bad move diplomatically. We honored what they felt was best for their country, despite the heavier losses we most likely incurred.
Yet we're occupiers in their eyes... pshaw
But, in the effort to help you maintain your sanity while railing against the media machine, allow me to offer this perspective.
If anyone is "misleading" Americans on Iraq, it is the media themselves. To bad they don't put *that* option on a poll questions, eh?
Polls may reflect what Americans think... somewhat. However what Americans think is based on the information they are provided by the media outlets.
That's how so many got the notion that Iraq was involved with 9:11... by the MSM and Dem-heads twisting Bush statements and speculating what he meant instead of what he said.
Like you said, tell a lie often enough, and it is perceived as truth.
The power of the media, sans any oversight shy of lawsuits by the verbally maimed, is almost downright frightening. But the internet is now a main force in keeping THEM honest!
Let's hear it for the Pajamahadeen!
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