Sun, 25 Nov 2007

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The next media attack?

From Michael Yon via Glenn Reynolds:

GREAT COUNTERINSURGENCY, KID — don't get cocky: "I had the opportunity to spend Thanksgiving with General Petraeus. Very interesting series of helicopter flights to several bases. Bottom line is that progress is clear and real, but there are tough days ahead and al Qaeda, for instance, is far from dead. The mood is of cautious optimism, with a concern that some of the very positive media lately might set expectations too high. (That’s right: many military leaders are concerned that the media lately might be too positive.)"

Now I see what the news outlets are up to. They'll start reporting the good news from Iraq and paint it as a paradise so any al-Quaeda breakouts that come along will make it seem worse than ever. When some Mohammad al-Asshat with a bomb blows up himself and the local dogcatcher, journalists will be able to report about the flagging surge, grim milestones, resurgent violence and whatnot just in time for the early primaries.

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