If you read any US newspaper or watch CNN, MSNBC you would find out that there is nothing going on in Iraq except wholesale bloodshed. Complete chaos.
But blogs bring us the real pictures from Michael Yon:
A group of soldiers from Deuce Four planned to drive to Dohuk, so I asked to hitch a ride. We drove out from Mosul without being attacked, and within a short time passed “the green line” into Kurdistan, where every odometer click was a mile deeper into safety. Checkpoint after checkpoint, the Kurdish police and soldiers searched cars and papers while smiling and waving the Americans through.
Once in Dohuk, American soldiers removed helmets and body armor, and carried only their weapons. The commander set them free, with orders to return later that day. I walked with some soldiers to a department store where we passed by the kiddie rides outside. The storefront may well have been in Colorado Springs, or Munich. There were big push-carts for the adults, and little carts for the children.
Inside the store was a grocery section, where the people smiled, fresh canteloupes smelled sweet, the apples were red and green and yellow. There were oranges, bananas, and more. Nearly half a year had passed since I had seen such things.
Water for sale, just under the Red Bull
I remembered in America and Europe when bottled water became “the thing,” but who would buy water when it’s free? Aisle after aisle, the shelves were fully stocked.
The bias in the MSM toward’s this administration and this war wont let them print the truth, that Iraq as a whole is much much better off then under Saddam. Sure, there is violence in Iraq, but the majority of Iraq is peaceful….would you ever see this stuff on the MSM, no way in hell. They are too busy celebrating any deaths in Iraq as proof we were wrong to liberate that country…what a crock.
h/t The Indepundit.
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