More untold news from Iraq

I was sent the following link to a story by writer Michael Yon. I've checked his website and his story is fascinating. I would encourage all readers to add it to their list of favorites and check it on occasion. He presents a view of the US soldier in action in Iraq that is not usually shown on the major media outlets because it shows the reasons and reactions for our continued presence in that troubled country.

This link in particular is very graphic and disturbing. I recommend it to show the ferocity and desperation of the enemy of Iraqis and the lengths they will go to to win. It reminds us that the men who perpetrated 9-11 are not gone, not subdued, and not conquered, they've merely focussed on Iraqis.......for now.

Read with care and be prepared for some graphic pictures.


"WHY DON'T AL QAEDA ATROCITIES GET MEDIA ATTENTION?
Yon's story doesn't get attention because it is humiliating.
It is humiliating because it is obvious that we media – and our allies in the state department, the legal trade, the NGOs, the Democratic Party, the UN, etc., - can’t do squat about such determined use of force.

Our words, images, arguments and skills can’t stop the killing. Only the rough soldiers and their guns can solve the problem, and we won’t admit that fact because the admission would weaken our influence and our claim to social status.

So we pretend Yon’s massacre – and the North Korean killing fields, the Arab treatment of women, the Arab hatred of Israel, etc. - doesn’t exist, and instead focus our emotions and attention on the somewhat-bad domestic things that we can ‘fix’ with our DC-based allies. Things such as Abu Ghraib, wiretapping, etc. When we ‘fix’ them, then we get status, applause, power, new jobs, ego, etc.

Please don’t be surprised. We media are an interest group not much different from the automakers, the unions, and the farmers."

http://www.michaelyon-online.com/wp/bless-the-beasts-and-children.htm