When all else fails -- and everything else is failing in Iraq -- blame the media. It's an old trick of the right wing. And another sign of the weakness of their policies. So suspend belief and pay no attention to the actual images from Iraq. Rummy has identified the real problem: the media is exaggerating:
Rumsfeld, citing information from his top commander in Iraq, said the news media has exaggerated the number of attacks on mosques in the latest sectarian violence, the number of Iraqi deaths and has mischaracterized the actions of government security forces.Is the media exaggerating the deaths of 2,300 American soldiers, too?
"From what I've seen thus far, much of the reporting in the U.S. and abroad has exaggerated the situation," Rumsfeld said.
"Interestingly, all of the exaggerations seem to be on one side. It isn't as though there simply have been a series of random errors on both sides of issues. On the contrary, the steady stream of errors all seem to be of the nature to inflame the situation and to give heart to the terrorists and to discourage those who hope for success in Iraq."
