Another view
Our media has been showing images of joyful, grateful Iraquis, but like any news story it needs to be put into perspective and both sides need to be told; here in the U.S. we are not getting balanced reporting on our news broadcasts. John Donovan of ABC News reported a different story this morning from Safwan.
They were unforgettable images: Residents of this southern Iraqi town openly welcoming coalition forces. They danced in the streets as a picture of Saddam Hussein was torn down. That was yesterday. Traveling unescorted into Safwan today, I got a far different picture. Rather than affection and appreciation, I saw a lot of hostility toward the coalition forces, the United States and President Bush. Some were even directed towards the media. (It was the first time I heard somebody refer to me as a "Satan.") (more...)
And later in the same article:
The notion that the military has things under control isn't quite clear in other aspects as well. Some very reliable Western journalists I spoke with, said they had traveled down a road that the British military told them was clear. Twenty-minutes later, they discovered land mines on the highway. Elsewhere, journalists were running into gunfire. This is all within about 6 miles of the Kuwaiti border. I couldn't help but feel that today was a dicey day, a very dicey day. (more....)
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