Quote of the week (possibly even quote of the year)
“It really comes down to this: you are determined to see Iraq become a permanent hellhole because you hate Bush. And we are determined to see Iraq become a success, because we want to live.”
Simply sweet.
They say a picture is worth a thousand words, but this one this one is worth thousands of thank-yous. I’ll add three of my own:
Liberal McClatchy news outlet shills for Iran in latest hit piece on the Bush administration
Back in February, I wrote about how the liberal McClatchy news outlet, along with others, constructed strawman arguments that Bush never made about Iran, and then proceeded to tear them down in one of the most blatant displays of anti-war bias on the pages of a major news outlet that I had ever seen.
3,000 Iraqi families return to safer Baghdad
The AP reports that thousands of Baghdad residents have returned to their much safer city (h/t: ST reader forest hunter):
With violence down in Iraq …
… journalists don’t know quite what to think. Outside of the speculation on the possibility of future deaths, they’re not quite sure what to do – as Rob Port notes – which is a stark contrast to their multiple ways of spinning deaths in Iraq when they are going up.
Civilian, US military deaths continue to decline in Iraq
Here’s more good news from Iraq that the usual suspects will ignore.