Rampant Defeatism
I’m amazed at the defeatism in the media, especially the print press. For instance, here’s yet another article in the NY times without a single optimistic paragraph about the war.
I would have thought the press would have waited at least three weeks before using the phrase “Vietnam-like Quagmire.” After all, that’s how long they waited in Afghanistan. Instead, they’ve begun using the phrase in week one of the war. There’s talk about “mounting casualties” and “stiff Iraqi resistance.”
Those “mounting casualties” are still less than those in Afghanistan and about a tenth those in the first Gulf War. As for the “stiff Iraqi resistance,” it consists of irregular troops with AK-47s charging M1A1 Abrams tank. The Abrams has an armor so tough that RPGs bounce off it. When the Abrams fires its depleted uranium shells, they cut through the armor of just about any vehicle the enemy has, including his tanks. If this is “stiff Iraqi resistance,” I’d like to know what “light resistance” looks like.
The “mainstream” press is showing its George McGovern-loving, ultra-liberal, wannabe-hippie true colors. They hate this war and are desperately hoping we’ll lose it. Despite all their scare mongering and defeatist propaganda, they won’t get their wish.
UPDATE: Charles Krauthammer thinks the media “could use some lithium.”
UPDATE 2: Victor Davis Hanson wonders “Have these people any intelligence or shame?” In his must-read piece, he points out:
All these people need to calm down, take a deep breath, and read their history - computing the logistics of fighting 7,000 miles away and considering the hurdles of vast space, unpredictable weather, and enemies without uniforms. And? In just a week, the United States military has surrounded one of history