Yup, stock portfolios went down, but they'll be back, just don't panic. And we found out that our car industry and financial industry are suffering, on a similar scale to the rest of the globe, BUT there are indeed good things to come out of last year and Radley Balko points out a few . Crime down, life expectancy up and lots more.
Oh, and the US military has handed over the Green zone and Presidential palace to the Iraqis. No small feat for both sides.
Showing posts with label Iraq. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Iraq. Show all posts
Friday, January 2, 2009
Monday, December 29, 2008
If you don't think bad news sells better check this out
Via the NYtimes.com:
A drop of 78%.
Let me cynically point out that good Iraq war news didn't fit the "failed policies of the past" Obamedia playbook.
One result is that, as the war claims fewer American lives, Iraq is fading from TV screens. The three network evening newscasts devoted 423 minutes to Iraq this year as of Dec. 19, compared with 1,888 minutes in 2007, said Andrew Tyndall, a television news consultant.
A drop of 78%.
Let me cynically point out that good Iraq war news didn't fit the "failed policies of the past" Obamedia playbook.
Monday, December 22, 2008
A Baghdad Christmas Celebration
Replete with Santa, celebrated by Muslims and Christians alike. It's been decades since this was attempted publicly.
Even before I can ask Interior Ministry spokesman Major-General Abdul Karim Khalaf a question, he greets me with a big smile. "All Iraqis are Christian today!" he says.
Khalaf says sectarian and ethnic violence killed thousands of Iraqis. "Now that we have crossed that hurdle and destroyed the incubators of terrorism," he says, "and the security situation is good, we have to go back and strengthen community ties."
All military men and women should be very proud of what they've helped bring to Iraq. It is a shame that as part of the election campaign the last 2 years that it was necessary to belittle our efforts and portray the efforts in Iraq as "failed policies" . They're anything but that.
Even before I can ask Interior Ministry spokesman Major-General Abdul Karim Khalaf a question, he greets me with a big smile. "All Iraqis are Christian today!" he says.
Khalaf says sectarian and ethnic violence killed thousands of Iraqis. "Now that we have crossed that hurdle and destroyed the incubators of terrorism," he says, "and the security situation is good, we have to go back and strengthen community ties."
All military men and women should be very proud of what they've helped bring to Iraq. It is a shame that as part of the election campaign the last 2 years that it was necessary to belittle our efforts and portray the efforts in Iraq as "failed policies" . They're anything but that.
Saturday, November 29, 2008
Not in the NYT, WaPo, LAT or BosGlobe
Here's a story that is very telling about how things are going in Iraq and you won't find it in the typical Democrat/Obama talking points press.
Apparently eighteen females in northern Iraq associated with Al-Qaeda in Iraq suicide bombing cells turned themselves into Coalition forces on Nov. 26.
Americans think we have a free press. We have a press that declares it presents "all the news that's fit to print".
I don't think my fellow Democrat and liberal friends are stupid, but they sure are gullible.
Apparently eighteen females in northern Iraq associated with Al-Qaeda in Iraq suicide bombing cells turned themselves into Coalition forces on Nov. 26.
Americans think we have a free press. We have a press that declares it presents "all the news that's fit to print".
I don't think my fellow Democrat and liberal friends are stupid, but they sure are gullible.
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