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Originally Posted by mburbank
My point is, I find the 'news' of iraqi flight squadrons and economic prospects.... suspect at best. Where is this info coming from? What are the vested interetsts? How is the info being vetted?
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Shall I henceforth refer to all of your Iraqi news posts as 'news'??? How is any info out of Iraq being vetted?
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The most solid news in any of this is voter registration, which I thnk is in and off itself very, very impresive, and very good news. But valiant as it may be, it sheds no light at all on what Iraqis so deperately want to vote for. Sharia Law? Shiite dominance? Kurdish separatism? Time will tell.
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Right, and ultimately, that time will be up to them. From a realist perspective, it doesn't necessarily speak to just America's interests, but I'm of the opinion (where's abc!!?) that it needs to be about more than that.
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I suspect your point in posting this is that the press rarely reports any progress in Iraq. Perhaps they feel burned by the mountains of lies they were spoon fed and dutifully reported in the lead up and early days of the invasion. The scientists point to buried WMD caches. The toppling of Saddams statue. The beautfully lit cathedral in New Orleans. Oh, sorry, difffernt good news.
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Or, maybe media is ultimately a business, and all ethics and intellectual honesty flies out the window when it comes to selling papers. This is why sex scandals were more important than everything in the 90's, and that's why bad news in iraq is more important than good news in Iraq. If it bleeds it leads, no? Iraq most certainly bleeds, and that's what will sell.