Some would argue that breaking something so you can fix it and then being 
proud of that isn't really progress.  ;)

And, wow, you are a bit hostile towards the media in general.

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Michael Dinowitz" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: "CF-Community" <[email protected]>
Sent: Thursday, February 28, 2008 8:39 PM
Subject: Re: obama and iraq


> Ah, the standard response. We're at fault so we should ignore anything 
> that
> has improved there since we went in. Electricity on? It was our fault it 
> was
> off so why bother reporting it. Water? Same deal. Anything good that can 
> be
> reported from Iraq can be ignored because it can be stacked against "but 
> its
> our fault it was broken".
> And in this way we allow the media more and more control over what we see 
> as
> true. It's not truth, it's their opinion. It's their idea of what we 
> SHOULD
> think is true, not what actually is. Rather than just believing what the
> media says, why not look at what the 'opposition' says. What is the
> government saying? The army? The Iraqi bloggers? The media is the last 
> place
> I go for news now-a-days. If I want a reporters opinion I'll get it after
> someone's beaten it out of him. Only way to get truth over opinion when it
> comes to those %$%^$%&^.
>
>
> Report the bad because we're responsible for it but don't report the good
> because we're responsible for it being bad in the first place. 


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