Friday, March 07, 2008

We people start looking more closely at what the Surge has meant

Crooks and Liars looks at the new Rolling Stone article on the surge. Seems we aren't seeing full reportsd on the situation.

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This article by Nir Rosen is a long read, but it’s well worth it. Rosen describes in detail how the situation on the ground in Iraq is tenuous at best, a powder keg ready to ignite at any given moment. We haven’t been getting much honest or detailed reporting from Iraq in quite some time and this article unveils much of what many of us have assumed for some time. The successes of the surge amount to trapping people in run down neighborhoods turned to rubble, imprisoning thousands and creating millions of refugees. Freedom is on the march…

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