There is more outcry in today's media about looting in Iraq than there ever was about looting in American cities during riots. They have treated every pause in military action in Iraq as a quagmire and a sign of Pentagon plans gone awry -- even though journalists haven't seen those plans.
The more remarkable the successes on the battlefield in Iraq, the more desperate much of the media have striven to find something -- anything -- to complain about. The more the polls have shown overwhelming support for the war and the president by the American people at large, the more the media cover anti-war demonstrations and provide a forum for those who organize them.
It is hard to avoid the conclusion that the media are less concerned about the big picture today, or how all this will look in history, than with how the Bush administration's victory in Iraq will affect the 2004 elections. After all, studies have shown that nine out of ten journalists vote for the Democrats.
The reason is obvious once you realize that the majority of reporters are leftist activist. And the vast majority of their editors (their bosses, those who evaluate their work and give raises) are far left nutcases.
Sadam Hussein’s Iraq was a Fascist Dictatorship (Socialist) and therefor the leftist press of this country is obligated to defend that failed dictatorship and attack the government attempting to overthrow Sadam’s socialist paradise.
This is NOT one of those times. Thanks for posting a relevant and well-written article.