Iraq, however, is a mammoth gamble. If Iraq fails to be a western-tolerant (or friendlier) democracy we'll have another Iran on our hands. These folks didn't toss Saddam on their own; it's unclear to many whether they'll embrace progress and freedom or select an extremist. We're playing with fire. It's unclear to me if Iraq has the values, the willpower and the initiative to survive and thrive as a free and prosperous people.
Why do the damned Left only want to free Europeans anyway? They didn't go anti-war under Clinton so why are the Iraqis unfit to be saved from a barbaric dictator and slaughter of tens of thousands, if not millions?
The Bush Administration is inept, not so much in the conflict itself, but in the PR war. And we're losing that at home. Badly.
Whose fault is that, and administartion that puts out press releases every day, that aren't reported by a leftist MSM, or the MSM that is actually on the side of the terrorists.
I would say a biased mainstream media that wants America to lose.
The only civilians who can safely report from Iraq are Arab nationals (as stringers to AP etc and who who can circulate somewhat freely), or Western reporters sitting at IZ briefings in Baghdad.
That does not make for good reporting.
I'm all for the days of WWII, when much of the reporting came from enlisted scribes. Even Stars & Stripes is a piece of leftist propaganda these days - demoralizing to those on the ground and full of AP pap - yet the Pentagon still doesn't seem to understand that it needs to tell the story itself, with its own personnel.
Good post.