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American heroism has been ignored and overlooked by networks at home and overseas for the duration of the Iraq war, while insurgents and terrorists have used willing media outlets to score public relations wins... [snip]
“You can’t name one hero from this war but there’s got to be a thousand or more. Did anyone know who was in charge of the American soldiers in Iraq until [Gen. David] Petraeus took over?"... "But we all knew who al Zaraqawi was,”A collection of graphs and charts made available through the public affairs office of the Multi-National Corps in Iraq indicates that the media has pulled back on its coverage, now that U.S. casualty figures have declined and Al Qaeda is in retreat. (See related story)
“The reality is they [the insurgents] could never stage a massive attack against any of our bases, even the smaller ones, but anytime there was more than one rocket launched, you would read about how Baghdad is under attack, and I would just have to say to myself, ‘What are they talking about?’”
“We are bound as a country and as a military to the stubborn thing called truth and accuracy, and because we are bound to these very stubborn things called truth and accuracy, we are not as agile as somebody who is not bound by truth and accuracy,”
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