The Media At War

Yes, indeed, the media is at war alright. Unfortunately it is with America.

The two officials took issue with the conclusion in a new National Intelligence Estimate that "the term 'civil war' accurately describes key elements of the Iraqi conflict." Gates said the words "oversimplify a very complex situation in Iraq" and stressed that the country does not have "a divided army, a divided government in the sense that I have always thought of a civil war."

Pace said using the term amounts to "putting a bumper sticker" on a highly complicated issue and "really doesn't help solve the problem."

The National Intelligence Estimate said that while the term "does not adequately capture the complexity of the conflict in Iraq," it nevertheless correctly applies to "the hardening of ethno-sectarian identities, a sea change in the character of the violence, ethno-sectarian mobilization and population displacements."

Asked about public suspicions that the Bush administration is gearing up to attack Iran, Gates said, "The president has made clear, the secretary of state has made clear, I've made clear — nobody is planning — we are not planning for a war with Iran. What we are trying to do is, in Iraq, counter what the Iranians are doing to our soldiers, their involvement in activities, particularly these explosively-formed projectiles that are killing our troops."

We have troops on the ground. The EFPs, which are coming from Iran, are killing our troops. It is not the US that is going to war with Iran. They have already gone to war with us. But if the US takes steps to try to stop those attacks inside Iraq, the media goes psychotic.

Do you understand? These devices are deadly. Stopping them is important. Please stop trying to drum up hysteria. Put pressure on Iran, not the US.