Conflicting Views of Iraq

Chicago's NPR station is WBEZ. They produce a program called Worldview, an international issues and events program hosted by Jerome McDonnell. I believe it's carried nationally but I don't know in which markets.

The program has the cognitive dissonance ringing in my head from interviews done the last couple of days about Iraq.

The first is Thomas Donnelly an AEI mucky muck spouting the same BS from a year ago irregardless of the reality on the ground in Iraq.

The second is with Sheila Provencher a volunteer working with Christian Peacemaker Teams trying to help detainees until they left due to the security situation.

Real Player files-- 22 and 11 minutes long respectively.

One of Donnelly's more outrageous claims is that Iraqis are distrustful or even hate the UN for its association with Sadam. He makes some really desperate analogies to Post WWII Japan, Germany and the Reconstruction South. That must be some strong Kool-Aid. The lack of truth in those circles will do more damage to the cause in Iraq than any "Freedom hating, flip flop liberals" will ever do.