perfidy

In the interest of fairness and balance, I offer this piece by way of contrast to the Iraq progress report I pointed to last week. The story, which comes from the UK Independent, claims that US soldiers bulldozed the farms of Iraqis who refused to aid in ferreting out resistance fighters.

Of course, it's possible that this is merely hearsay (Lord, I hope so), which only means it's still nearly as credible as what you hear on the news.

The bottom line is, from the conservative press, I hear how great things are in Iraq. From the mainstream press, I hear how it's a quagmire. From the leftist press, I hear it's armageddon. All I want is a reason to hold out hope that it will all turn out well. The "right" seems consumed with wishing disaster on the Vast Left-Wing Conspiracy, and the "left" seems consumed with wishing disaster on the US, and by extension, Iraq. You all believe what you want. I'm going to go watch baseball.