Great article on Iraq

This is a great article on the current situation in Iraq. Tis a tad long, but well worth the good feeling you'll have after you have read it. (Hat tip: Power Line)


March 14, 2006

Myths of Iraq

By Ralph Peters

During a recent visit to Baghdad, I saw an enormous failure. On the
part of our media. The reality in the streets, day after day, bore
little resemblance to the sensational claims of civil war and disaster
in the headlines.

No one with first-hand experience of Iraq would claim the country's
in rosy condition, but the situation on the ground is considerably more
promising than the American public has been led to believe. Lurid
exaggerations and instant myths obscure real, if difficult, progress.

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