For those of us who read the milblogs or who have taken the time to talk to those who have spent any time in Iraq, rather than just rely on news accounts, we already know this, but for the rest of you ...
Hat tip: Instapundit
IRAQ: StrategyPage says to watch the trends, not the headlines:
What you see in the Iraq news, is not what you get. The news business demands startling headlines, to attract eyeballs. It's business, as the eyeballs are rented to advertisers to pay for it all. But the reality of the news is less startling, and consists of trends. These are the current trends in Iraq.
After three years, the Sunni Arabs, who long dominated Iraq, most recently under the leadership of Saddam Hussein, are giving up. It took so long because of a quirk in Arab culture, one that encourages the support of lost causes. The term "cut your losses and move on" is not as popular in the Arab world as it is in the West. But even the slow learners in the Sunni Arab community had to finally confront some unfavorable trends. Chief among these was; [CONT'D. HERE]
Now if the NYT, LAT, and WaPo would get the message, maybe we could get this job done. Sometimes I think the aid, comfort and encouragement they give the enemy outweighs what al Qaeda, Hamas or any of the jihadist accomplish.
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