Slow-motion Tet

THE AUTHORS, Kagan and Kristol, make a few good points in this article: Slow-motion Tet. One is that things are taking place in Iraq that bode well for the future. Iraqi citizens that tolerate al Qaeda at first are then turned off when al Qaeda starts enforcing outdated customs like requiring the locals to segregate their vegetables in the market by sex.

All over Iraq, al Qaeda is losing support for many good reasons, but that isn't as newsworthy as a bridge blowing up, so it isn't covered much by mainstream news, so we don't hear much about it, so many of us are disheartened about Iraq. Read why news is covered the way it is.

Another good point the authors make is that al Qaeda is, of course, trying to get U.S. troops out of Iraq. Their method is to try to make the whole project lose support back home. As Kagan and Kristol put it,

"But al Qaeda is clearly taking a page from the Viet Cong's book. The terrorists have been mounting a slow-motion Tet offensive of spectacular attacks on markets, bridges, and mosques, knowing that the media report each such attack as an American defeat. The fact is that al Qaeda is steadily losing its grip in Iraq, and these attacks are alienating its erstwhile Iraqi supporters."

If you know anyone who watches mainstream news and is demoralized about the U.S. role in Iraq, please send them the Slow-motion Tet article and these as well:

Artificially-Induced Helplessness

A Brief Example Of Media Bias

Political Bias In The Media

We need to stop the widespread discouragement inadvertently (or in some cases, deliberately) propagated by mainstream news programs in America. You can help by sharing what you know with others.