A Story The MSM Doesn't Want You To Hear...

The U.S. Army is exceeding its re-enlistment and first time enlistment goals. It seems the press couldn't contain themselves when just a few months ago, when recruitment goals seemed to be lagging. Just another sign that Bush's war was a failure, they said.

Well where are these reporters now? Ralph Peters shares the news that they won't in his NY Post column today.

Every one of the Army's 10 divisions — its key combat organizations — has exceeded its re-enlistment goal for the year to date. Those with the most intense experience in Iraq have the best rates. The 1st Cavalry Division is at 136 percent of its target, the 3rd Infantry Division at 117 percent.

Among separate combat brigades, the figures are even more startling, with the 2nd Brigade of the 2nd Infantry Division at 178 percent of its goal and the 3rd Brigade of the 4th Mech right behind at 174 percent of its re-enlistment target.

This is unprecedented in wartime. Even in World War II, we needed the draft. Where are the headlines?

And the MSM hates it. They can't stand the idea that the men and women in our armed forces would actually choose to serve and continue to serve. And why do they do it? Peters explains:

Guess we have to face it: Patriotism is alive and well. Soldiers believe in the Army, and they believe in their missions in Iraq and Afghanistan. They love their comrades, too. And yes, the word is "love." They would die for the man or woman serving beside them. They're risking their lives to save a broken state, to give tens of millions of human beings a chance at decent lives, to do the grim work that no one else in the world is willing to do.

Their reward? The Cindy Sheehan Extravaganza. Predictions of disaster. The depiction of Michael Moore as a hero and our soldiers as dupes. And a ceaseless attempt to convince the American people that there's no hope in Iraq.

The ugly truth is that much of the media only cares about our soldiers when they're dead or crippled. That's a story.

It's not even as simple as "if it bleeds, it leads", though. For the MSM, the truth is too hard to squeeze into their "Vietnam" template. And it shows.

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