Yesterday was a bloody day in Iraq. The bloodiest for American troops since "Mission Accomplished" on May 1st. I'm sure to the President It's just another sign of our success. Here is the difference in media. CNN still doesn't want to admit the Helicopter was shot down, Wounded in chopper crash treated in Germany. Here is the first paragraph:

Sixteen of 20 U.S. soldiers injured in a deadly helicopter crash west of Baghdad were in stable condition Monday at Landstuhl Regional Medical Center in Germany, according to the hospital commander.

But that's not all. Here what else happened yesterday. 1ST ARMORED DIVISION SOLDIER DIES FROM WOUNDS and Two U.S. Civilian Contractors Killed by Bomb in Iraq. It looks like we are entering a new phase of some kind in Iraq. I saw one of the Washington establishment, David Gergen, on CNN yesterday. He is always introduced as a Presidential advisor for Nixon, Ford, Reagan and Clinton. He said yesterday we have three choices: Leave, which in his words would be a disaster, like it isn't already. Internationalize, which he thinks cannot be done because we have alienated too many countries. Stay and win, which will take many years and lots of our money. What little I have seen from the White House so far it looks like option three is the one our President is taking, U.S.: American Resolve in Iraq Unshakable.

But White House spokesman Trent Duffy, in a statement read to reporters, said: ``The terrorists seek to kill coalition forces and innocent Iraqis because they want us to run, but our will and resolve are unshakable.''

After that statement I think the war should be renamed from Operation Iraqi Freedom to The Long Hard Slog. I would love to see Bush making a speech with that banner behind him.


- posted by Mom/Dad @ 8:09 AM