Of Fish and Civil War
The mainstream media uses war-mongering to burnish its anti-war credentials.
Apparently the civil war in Iraq exists only in the major media. It does not exist in reality. From Ralph Peters’ "Dude, Where’s my Civil War?":
I’M trying. I’ve been trying all week. The other day, I drove another 30 miles or so on the streets and alleys of Baghdad. I’m looking for the civil war that The New York Times declared. And I just can’t find it.
Maybe actually being on the ground in Iraq prevents me from seeing it. Perhaps the view’s clearer from Manhattan.[...]
All day - and it was a long day - we drove through Shia and Sunni neighborhoods. Everywhere, the reception was warm. No violence. None.
And no hostility toward our troops. Iraqis went out of their way to tell us we were welcome.
Contrast that with the headlines you’ve read over the last week. It’s one thing to be biased — it’s another to be declaring and hoping and praying for civil war, in the hopes that one might feel vindicated. That is, agitating for war in the hope of burnishing of one’s anti-war credentials.
Confused? Me too.
I would be quite curious to do a quick count of citations of the phrase "civil war" that have appeared above the fold in the major pubs over the last 10 days…then, multiply that out by the readership of those publications.
Liberal friends of mine took to the phrase "war-mongering" in the lead-up to the Iraq war. Remember, a monger is one who yells and sells, as in fish from a cart. What, then, has the mainstream media become?
Cross-posted at TheOnlyRepublicanInSanFranciso
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I found your commentary quite refreshing (and humorous too!). I have a number of friends overseas and it is so disheartening to see the media beat our military to a pulp. The media just does not want to admit that we ARE making progress in Iraq. It may be slow-going, but there IS progress! I know for a fact that Iraqi troops have been doing the majority of the front work, especially in the wake of these bombings. It has been Iraqi troops keeping peace, with only US troops as support. To me, that is a story deserving of front page news.