While channel surfing during commercials on
The Daily Show, I came upon a fascinating segment on PBS'
Newshour. It featured a retired Colonel and General who agreed that things in Iraq are bad and getting worse.
It was a good example of what happens when the press goes after the truth by interviewing experts instead of refereeing a he said/she said argument in which the Bush lies are presented as just another viewpoint. We need to push as hard as we can to insist that other TV outlets start practicing real journalism like this again.
Full transcript here.
Essential, though scary, reading for anyone who wants military insight on what's really happening in Iraq.
Choice excerpts:
Lt. General Bernard Trainor: I think...that anybody that tries to put a good face on this situation-- that they're desperate-- I think that they're just whistling in the dark."
Col. Sam Gardiner: "The numbers show that the insurgency is getting worse. We seem to have turned the corner, and it's getting worse."