Oliver North has a excellent piece on the success of our soldiers in Iraq that few in the media fail to report. Instead of the talking heads who sit in the posh studios in the US harping about how bad everything is in Iraq, the Col. and his crew from FOX News have been in the trenches with our brave soldiers as they fight the terrorists in the streets of Anbar Province. Above all else, Col. North points out that while the media will continue to focus on our mistakes and failures, they tend to overlook the positive. If the public relied just on the MSM for all their news on Iraq, few would ever read these positive aspects:
The soldiers of the 1st Battalion of the 503rd Infantry deployed to Iraq from Korea. Many of them will be away from their families for more than two years. Though living conditions at Corregidor Combat Outpost are as "Spartan" as any I have seen since Khe Sanh or Con Thien in Vietnam, they go out every day with Iraqi troops and commandos to hunt down elusive terrorists in the capital city of Iraq's largest province. They are ignored by the press.I'm glad that we have Col. North, the Blogs and FOX News to keep the news straight for "the folks" in the US.
Many of the Marines and Navy Medical CORPSMEN in the 1st Battalion, 5th Marines are back in Iraq for their third seven-month combat deployment. Yet, I detected no carping or complaining as they carried out 'round-the-clock raids and patrols, manned checkpoints and stood watch side-by-side with Iraqi troops in the heart of the Sunni triangle. This isn't considered to be "news"?
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