Joe Scarborough
The real news out of Iraq
http://www.NewsAndOpinion.com | 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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Former Congressman Joe Scarborough (R-Fla.) hosts “Scarborough Country,” 10 p.m. ET, weeknights on MSNBC. He is the author of the recently published "Rome Wasn't Burnt in a Day : The Real Deal on How Politicians, Bureaucrats, and Other Washington Barbarians are Bankrupting America". (Click HERE to purchase. Sales help fund JWR.)Comment by clicking here.