I found this piece at Foxnews.com.
Before I go into the details, I'm not really a fan of Fox News. After viewing, "Outfoxed" a special documentary on the network, I learned how "biased" the reporting can be.
The opinon piece in Fox News was actually written by a Lt. Colonel in the US Military. He's labeled as a "Fox Fan." His name is Oliver North. When I googled his name, I discovered he is a correspondent of Fox News, has a radio program, and has written countless books. He has his own website.
I was incredibly impressed that this "Combat Decorated Marine" is spreading the word that the Iraq war has brought positive changes to the country.
Ironic, the military is speaking out about the media... isn't that a clue that something is wrong. I also have to admit it did change my view on Fox News a little bit.
The story from Fox News describes how the Pentagon has released "official figures on how the dramatically the security situation has improved in Iraq."
However, it appears that the media isn't really focusing on this aspect of the war.
Apparently one of the main focuses this week was the lost of a soldier in the Phillipines.
Here's the story about the soldier in Yahoo!News.
So what do I think - I think that the story by Oliver North is great. Finally, a little piece of positive stimulation to the American public about our troops!
More to come!
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I can't believe that your Google search on Ollie North didn't turn up the fact he was at the center of one of the most infamous chapters in recent U.S. political history -- the illegal sale of arms to Iran 20 years ago. Some of those weapons are probably being used to kill U.S. troops in Iraq right now!
Iran was under U.S. sanctions in the 1980s after its entire embassy staff (except for the ones smuggled out by Canadian embassy staff) was taken hostage for 444 days. But North ran a hare-brained scheme to sell them weapons in order to raise money to fight President Reagan's secret war in Nicaragua by funding the "Contra" rebels fighting the leftist Sandanista government there.
BTW, there was even a Clash triple album named after Daniel Ortega's revolutionaries. The song "Washington Bullets" is NOT about an old NBA team:
"For the very first time ever,
When they had a revolution in Nicaragua,
There was no interference from America
Human rights in America
Well the people fought the leader,
And up he flew...
With no Washington bullets what else could he do?
Sandinista!
If you can find a Afghan rebel
That the Moscow bullets missed
Ask him what he thinks of voting Communist
Ask the Dalai Lama in the hills of Tibet,
How many monks did the Chinese get?
In a war-torn swamp stop any mercenary,
Check the British bullets in his armoury
Que?
Sandinista!"
Anyway, I digress, as usual. Having a Marxist government in Central America was more than Reagan could abide, so he funded the Contras by all means necessary. Ollie North testified at the televised hearings into the debacle and took the fall for the president. He was tried and convicted, but got off on appeal.
I am not making this up. You couldn't. Check it out for yourself on wikipedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oliver_North I guess they don't teach this kind of embarrassing stuff in your history classes. I'm not surprised. You're too young to remember it on the news, so how else would you know. But, as they say on the X-Files, the truth is out there. . . .
So you have to consider the source when you read something written by a guy like Ollie North. He's a neocon icon. Him and Cheney are probably penpals. Dick probably has him in his five. I'm not surprised he's working for Fox News.
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