[Girlene]

Such a simple handling of this case would have prevented the frenzy that the military caused through Murtha.

Maybe so, but papers, magazines and networks kept repeating Murtha's accusations. They were complicit in promoting his agenda.

Why have so many in the media been reluctant to report — as liberal, Democratic Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid has finally admitted — that the surge is working and our troops are succeeding.

Hey, I heard Barak Obama in the Democrat Presidential debate claim that the 2006 election was the reason things have calmed down in Iraq. The "Awakening" occurred because Iraqis realized we may leave Iraq when Americans elected a Democratic congress. Didn't hear much reporting about Obama's claim that the military surge had nothing to do with the calm.

[xzins]

He probably asked his Wahabbist associates named Hussein to calm it down a bit. :>)