Mobius Strip
Mar 1st, 2008 at 9:56 am by Susie
Political progress is clearly the crucial way to gauge success in Iraq; military progress lasts only as long as troops stay on the ground. Sadly, the paradoxical view that staying in Iraq is the best way to achieve victory and leave is held not only by the president, but too often by the media. CNN’s Joe Johns bluntly framed the issue by asking the candidates in a recent Democratic debate “are you looking to end this war, or win it?”
Until the press deals honestly with the obvious failure of political progress under the surge and the complex realities that make traditionally defined “victory” nearly impossible, we’re left to keep rolling the dice in a game of only losers.
Round and round we go…
When will they get it straight: we are not at war with Iraq. We have occupied Iraq to secure oil supplies. How do you ‘win’ an occupation?
When will WE understand that the media have no intention of ‘getting it straight.’ There is no independent mass media in America. They’re in the war for the hearts and minds of the people on the side of their corporate masters.