Making Iraq Disappear

The Million Year War - How Never to Withdraw from Iraq

When it comes to those who make the media decisions at home, however, they have practically clamored for the Bush administration to put them in a coffin-like box and saw it in half. Thanks to their news choices, Iraq has for months been whisked deep inside most papers and into the softest sections of network and cable news programs. Only one Iraq subject has gotten significant front-page attention: How much "success" has the President's surge strategy had? Full Story »

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Kaizar Campwala
3.3
by Kaizar Campwala - Oct. 1, 2008

There are aspects of this piece that are good. Engelhardt does a good job, for instance, of showing the degree to which the US is deeply imbedded in Iraq. There are aspects that are less good. There's more than a hint of conspiracy regarding media coverage, and the Iraqi and American people's positions about US withdrawal is more complicated than he lets on. It's an important read, but If it hadn't been written in a such a childish manner it would serve the reader better.

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