My Turn to Sound Off: Bias is Apparent in Media’s Failure to Report the Good News From Iraq

Led by the New York Times – aptly nicknamed The Treason Times by Ann Coulter because it has become a champion for the deposed Baathist Party, assorted terrorists, and other dissident groups in Iraq – liberal media continues its biased reporting of our struggle there.

Perhaps I should say “biased non-reporting.” Back when we were getting news directly from reporters embedded with coalition troops, optimistic reports were common. But since that procedure ended, the mainstream American media seem unable to find anything good to report.

At least in the case of the Times, that’s understandable. It’s had its hands full ferreting out the likes of Jayson Blair, a black staff reporter discovered making up facts, plagiarizing articles from a San Antonio newspaper, and fabricating nonexistent interviews and trips. When that story broke, the Times Board, according to Ms. Coulter, “has been in a quandary because, adhering to its high ethical standards, Blair should either have been fired immediately for misconduct, or given his own regular column in its op-ed pages.”

Anyway, here are just a few news items which our harried – don’t challenge their patriotism – public servants in the liberal press seem to have overlooked. I bet you didn’t know:

That 50 countries have re-established their embassies in Iraq.

That the Iraqi government currently employs over 1.2 million Iraqi people.

That 3,100 schools have been completely renovated, 364 schools are under rehab, 263 new schools are under construction, and construction has been completed on 38 new schools.

That Iraq’s higher education system now consists of 20 universities, 46 institutes or colleges, and 4 research centers, all currently operating.

And that in January 2005, 2006 and 2007, groups of 25 Iraqi students headed for the U.S. under the revamped Fulbright Scholarship Program.

The Iraqi navy is now in business, with 5 100-foot patrol craft, 34 smaller vessels, and a naval infantry regiment. Since there’s not much water in that country, a larger force is probably not needed.

Iraq’s Air Force consists of three operational squadrons, which includes 9 reconnaissance and 3 C-130 transport aircraft under Iraqi control, active day and night. It also has at least 16 UH-1 helicopters and 4 Bell Jet Rangers.

Iraq now boasts a counter-terrorist strike force and at least one Commando battalion to tackle specific problems caused by insurgencies.

The Iraqi Police Service has approximately 120,000 fully trained and equipped police officers and Iraq has 5 police academies, which produce over 3,500 new officers every 8 weeks.

As of the end of 2005, the Iraqi government commanded an army of 250,000 trained and equipped Iraqi soldiers.