Aren't we still in a war?

Months and even years ago when the war in Iraq wasn't looking so good, every day the mainstream media would drone on and on about how terrible the situation is. Every negative snippet that could be run on the war was aired, and the President just got hammered for it. Despite the reluctance of the Dems, the Surge was put in place and dramatically reduced casualties in Iraq. Roadside attacks happen much less frequent because of the increase in troop levels, and while political progress is trailing, military success is evident.

Yet where are the headlines? You'd almost that we are no longer at war for the lack of coverage it gets these days. The Left called for a change in strategy. They won Congress back and had a mandate. Bush changed and requested more troops. Now they don't acknowledge that it is change and cite the slow Iraqi political process as Bush's failure. Do the Dems really want us to be successful in Iraq? If we succeed, all those who opposed the war look foolish. the Left continues to root for failure...Defeatocrats.

The political situation in Iraq to me is the most difficult part over there. You have three groups of people who have been fighting each other for 1000's of years, and we're trying to ask them to unite together for Democracy's sake. I'm not 100% convinced that Iraq can ever have a peaceful democratic republic, to be honest. The idea of splitting the country up into three parts deserves a close look, too. But, the state of the world and islamofascism is why we must maintain a presence in Iraq, however, and I'm convinced that we don't have any other rational choice but to stay and see it through.

So look around at the drive-by mainstream media see if you can find any coverage of the Iraq War. If casualties are DOWN, why isn't this being covered with the same ferocity as the INCREASES in casualties we were so accustomed to before the surge. Answer IMHO: another example of the left wing media refusing to run stories that cast President Bush and his policies in a positive light. That and they're probably all so consumed with Hillary vs. Barack that they can't even think about anything else.

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Hard to believe it’s been 3 months since my last post. Now that I think about it, my youngest son, Ben, was born nearly 3 months to the day, so that probably explains everything.

This Democratic primary race is just fascinating. I was one of those ready to give the nomination to Hillary back in 2005. Now it looks like she’s really going to have a hard time getting it. Hard to believe someone could dethrone the Clinton’s. In spite of their intense rivalry at the moment, its hilarious to see that there are very few differences between Clinton and Obama on the issues…they’re both far-left liberals who believe the government is the answer to everyone’s problems. Neither is really running on issues, just personal identity dirt being thrown around. In the absence of football season, fantasy football, and PGA Tour majors, this political race is as good as it gets for entertainment these days for me.

If you have a second and are interested in jogging your mind a little, surf over to The Long Now Foundation, where they discuss how to think long-term…very long-term. For example, one of their beliefs is to refer to the current year with 5 digits instead of 4 (02008 instead of 2008) to encourage long-term planning and thinking for humanity. Interesting stuff.

I'll try to post again sometime before June...