Nothing to worry about here, folks...

[brooklynite]

March 1, 2006 -- THE reporting out of Baghdad continues to be hysterical and dishonest. There is no civil war in the streets. None. Period.

...snip...

Yes, there were bombings yesterday. The terrorists won't give up on their dream of sectional strife, and know they can count on allies in the media as long as they keep the images of carnage coming. They'll keep on bombing. But Baghdad isn't London during the Blitz, and certainly not New York on 9/11.

It's more like a city suffering a minor, but deadly epidemic. As in an epidemic, no one knows who will be stricken. Rich or poor, soldier or civilian, Iraqi or foreigner. But life goes on. No one's fleeing the Black Death — or the plague of terror.

...snip...

You are being lied to. By elements in the media determined that Iraq must fail. Just give 'em the Bronx cheer.

http://www.nypost.com/postopinion/opedcolumnists/64407.htm
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Well, I certainly feel better...

[libodem]

1. They are blocking e-mail and blogs, as well

I am sad for our world.

[meegbear]

2. From www.crooksandliars.com ....

BOB GARFIELD: When you read criticism of the press in general, that it is somehow so fixated on bad news that it doesn't report the good, that it's essentially suppressing the good news out of Iraq, what do you all say to one another? How do you react?

FARNAZ FASSIHI: I can just say that if there were five car bombs going off in New York and 50 people kidnapped a day, I'm sure that metro reporters would be writing those stories and not talking about the school that was painted.

<snip>

http://www.crooksandliars.com/2006/02/28.html#a7345

[TomInTib]

3. They are just redefining "civil war".....

shift the parameters and... poof! It just disappears.

[Wilms]

4. Well, let's have a look at the author's bio.

Has worked in Military Intelligence.

Supported Swiftboaters, and it figures...

Writes novels.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ralph_Peters

[wtbymark]

5. figures; NYPost

"no one knows who will be stricken. Rich or poor, soldier or civilian, Iraqi or foreigner" -(brother vs. brother). It's not insurgents hitting American targets anymore, it's Shiite vs. Sunni violence. How does this NOT spell civil war? Screwball journalist is an American being driven around by blackwater. The Sunni's and the Shiite's could give a rats ass about Mr. American right now because their in a sectarian conflict, which in Iraq and the Muslim world, is known as a civil war.

[Bob3]

6. Minor deadly epidemic? over 1,000 dead in a week

without any real sign that it's going stop while deadly surely doesn't fit the definition of the term minor.

man talk about you denial not just being a river in egypt. What the hell will make it a civil war in this guys eyes? When one side dresses in Gray and the other in blue? When both sides have tanks? What?