Pictures Of The Dead

This reporter thinks photographs of coffins returning from Iraq will cause Americans to sit up and take notice; notice that we are losing the war. And, because we suffer casualties, we need to pull out and abandon the Iraqi people once again. In her words:

And yet, it often feels like the American public has no sense of the steady trickle of killed and wounded. I’ve had some people tell me that it’s our fault; the media are not covering the deaths the way we did during the war. Others say it’s because the numbers are so small compared to, say, Vietnam, the news doesn’t catch people’s attention.

We have no sense? How can we miss it. The death statistics are repeated night after night on local and network news, always with emphasis on "the end of hostilities quoted by President Bush."

Ms. Brant, take note: The quagmire thing isn't working. It's tragic that we lose our men. But you and most of the other liberal media have no sense of the long term. You see the statistics for today or this week but you really can't see further than the end of your nose. And what you do see is a distorted misconception of reality.

Update: And if you don't believe it, go read this.