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The AP actually reports some upbeat news. They’re reporting that Sunnis are “signaling the intention of many Sunnis to join the political process despite their failure to block ratification of the new constitution.” Far be it from them, though, to keep the news be upbeat without dousing it. Here’s the first 2 paragraphs from the story:

A Sunni Arab coalition submitted its list of candidates for the December election Friday, signaling the intention of many Sunnis to join the political process despite their failure to block ratification of the new constitution.

In the latest violence, the U.S. command said Friday that five American service members, three soldiers and two Marines, were killed Thursday in separate attacks. Their deaths raised the number of members of the U.S. military who have died since the beginning of the war to 2,010, according to an AP count.

They’ll report negative news without reporting the positive but they won’t report the positive without reporting bad news. I’m wondering if this isn’t a diabolical pattern.

Regardless, most people would ignore the negative news and be happy about the fact that more Iraqis are buying into the political process. Every person that buys into the political process is another person who isn’t participating in the insurgency.

Sunni Arab participation in politics is considered a vital step toward calming the Sunni-led insurgency and enabling the United States and its coalition partners to begin drawing down troop levels next year.

This is translating into plans of troop reductions within the next year. This isn’t news to the average blogosphere reader but it sounds like it’s news to these AP reporters. Shame on them.

Cross-posted at LetFreedomRing