PrintJanuary 19, 2007
How do we know if we are winning or losing in Iraq?
How do we know if we are winning or losing in Iraq? We know that the MSM has a very dangerous model - "if it bleeds, it leads." The definition of "news" is biased toward the unpleasant and the bizarre. That may be understandable for domestic news. We all live in the U.S. and thus can judge for ourselves the "default condition" of day-to-day life. It is not necessary to report the cars that didn't crash or the babies that were born because in some sense we are aware of them.But when we must rely on the MSM for our understanding of Iraq, knowledge of the default condition is absent. In Iraq, the U.S. is engaged in a great project. The real news is how we are faring in this project - are we succeeding or are we failing? To understand that, we need to understand the default condition of life in Iraq and the trend of that default condition - is it improving for most people or is it deteriorating? Under the...(Read Full Article)
