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What, no anniversary present?



Before you read any further I hope you've watched the preceding video. And I would like you think about it for a moment. That was MSNBC's Richard Engel on assignment in Baghdad to reflect on the 5th anniversary of Operation Iraqi Freedom. Richard Engel is a reporter, his job is to "report" the news. There are a million stories worth mentioning concerning Iraq right now. Reconciliation and de-baathification laws. The ongoing surge and reduction in levels of violence. Admiral William Fallon, the commander of CENTCOM, just resigned after he was featured in an article in Esquire. Ambassador Crocker and General Petraeus are slated to leave in less than a year from now. Kurdistan's prosperity. John McCain, Joe Lieberman, and Lindsey Graham just made a visit to Iraq and met with Nouri Al-Maliki. Dick Cheney did as well. The list could go on forever. Instead, what does MSNBC's correspondent spend 95% of his segment on regarding the 5th anniversary of the war? The journalists. I'm going to pause for a second and let everyone just kind of soak that in.

I often do this when I get angry. Cool down for a second, take in some extra oxygen, and reboot the system. The mammoth, mammoth problem with all this is that this coverage is a microcosm of the media's take on the war itself. No interviews with soldiers or commanders, no stories about the men posthumously decorated with the medal of honor who gave their lives in belief they were defending their country. Not even any interviews with any Iraqi's from the street, whose lives have been dramatically changed forever. No, we have Richard Engel ending his report on the effect of the war on his personal life. Yet, strikingly enough, not one editor in the vast compass of NBC's news organization told Richard Engel that THIS ISN'T ABOUT YOU, YOU IDIOT!!! Your mom worries about you....WHAT ABOUT THE SOLDIER'S MOTHERS???? Do your "expletive" (yes, I just censored myself) job pretty boy, and shut the "expletive" up about you and your inane personal issues, you blithering jackass. This is exactly why no platoon or company has ever wanted you embedded in their ranks.

On this 5th anniversary of the start of the war in Iraq, lets hope the surge and awakening councils continue to enjoy their success, that our enemies' ranks continue to wither and fall, and that the next time the anniversary comes around, the truly brave Americans will be featured with the respect they deserve.

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