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January 15, 2005
How Are We Doing?
During the first few days of the Iraq war some reporters and news agencies started to wonder if we were in a quagmire because tbe army had to stop its advance towards Bagdad for a few hours so that its supply trucks could catch up with it. A few days later they had captured Bagadad in what was arguably the fastest and most one sided military assault in history. It was at that point I knew the media had screwed up its job and were not going to be a reliable source for what was happening.
I wish I could get an accurate portrayal of what was going in Iraq, but my only hope to do that is to read multiple sources and try to figure out which one is closest to the truth. In the psat few wars the only way to hear about this stuff was from the media unless you somehow had connections to the people there. Thankfully we have the internet now and that gives us primary sources like Iraq the Model and Blackfive that we did not have access to before. On Blackfive there is an essay by Lieutenant Colonel Tim Ryan who is currently serving in Iraq who has several important details on battles like Faluja that you won't get to hear if all you do is watch CNN or read the New York Times.
Posted by Pete at January 15, 2005 09:41 AM
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» An open letter to Lt. Col. Ryan (or, blaming the messenger) from Blog: Derek Rose
Lt. Col. Tim Ryan has written a lengthy piece criticizing the media coverage in Iraq that has attracted a lot of attention. A rejoinder.
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