October 18, 2005
The greatest tragedy imaginable for our "mainstream media" would be to have to admit that President Bush was right about Iraq.I wonder how this current generation of "journalists" would have viewed the prospect of invading Nazi-occupied France and liberating Europe. But then, since no one will ever refer to them as the "greatest generation" why should anyone expect them to behave as one deserving of such praise?A startling number of editors and opinion columnists have been wrong about every development in Iraq (and Afghanistan). First, they predicted a bloody, protracted war against Saddam's military. Then they predicted civil war. They insisted that Iraq's first elections would fail amid a bloodbath. Then they declared that Iraq's elected delegates would not be able to agree on a draft constitution. Next, they thundered that Iraq's Sunni Arabs wouldn't vote.
Most recently, the sages of the opinion pages declared that the proposed constitution would be defeated at the polls by the Sunni Arabs. All along they've displayed a breathtaking empathy with the Islamist terrorists who slaughter the innocent, giving Abu Musab al-Zarqawi a pass while attacking our president and mocking the achievements of our troops.
A herd mentality has taken over the editorial boards. Ignoring all evidence to the contrary, columnists write about our inevitable "retreat" from Iraq, declaring that "everyone knows" our policies have no chance of success.
That isn't journalism. It's wishful thinking on the part of those who need Iraq to fail to preserve their credibility.
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Posted by: Steve H. at October 18, 2005 07:44 PM (BZSai)
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