XPost: alt.france   
   From: cliff@thecliffsofinsanityisp.net   
      
    December 27, 2004 | 12:28 p.m. ET   
   The real news out of Iraq (Joe Scarborough)   
      
      
   Did you know that the overwhelming number of Shiites and Kurds support   
   America's efforts to bring Democracy to Iraq in the form of elections this   
   month?   
   Did you know that Shiites make up 60% of Iraq?   
      
   Did you know that Kurds make up 20% of Iraq?   
      
   Did you know that the Sunnis, who have been dictators over Iraq, only make   
   up 20% of the population - and many of them support the vote in January?   
      
   Did you know that the overwhelming majority of Iraqis support the US-backed   
   elections in January?   
      
   Did you know that the most powerful Shiite leaders in Iraq are telling their   
   followers that participating in the American-led elections is a religious   
   duty on par with fasting?   
      
   Did you know that the Kurds in the north fought alongside, and often in   
   front of US troops?   
      
   Did you know that the overwhelming majority of soldiers and marines fighting   
   in Iraq support the President's handling of the war?   
      
   Did you know that the overwhelming majority of troops in Iraq believe this   
   war is a noble cause?   
      
   You don't know any of these facts if you get your information from the   
   mainstream press. For whatever reason, these powerful media outlets spend a   
   disproportionate amount of time reporting on the treachery of terrorists   
   instead of the work of those building the first democratic Arab state in   
   Middle East history.   
      
   Former U.S. House Speaker Sam Rayburn once said that any jackass can kick   
   down a barn. It takes a carpenter to build one.   
      
   Sadly, American media remains fixated on the jackass angle of this   
   remarkably important story. It seems freedom doesn't sell newspapers.   
      
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