The hidden war we're winning.

We're moving toward a time when we'll be able to begin withdrawing our troops, but the press is having none of it. Their whole reporting now seems to assume that the war has been lost, maybe because these people live in an echo chamber. The American MSM have become a propaganda agency for the terrorists, making their job easier by misrepresenting the true situation in Iraq and the context for judging the progress of the war.

James Taranto notes The Castastrophe That Wasn't:

It's been three years since coalition troops entered Iraq. The results of that intervention have been mixed: the toppling of a tyrant and successful democratic elections vs. a continuing guerrilla insurgency and a fraying of American national purpose. Critics of the war are right to say terrorists are more active in Iraq than before--but then, if terrorists are going to be active, surely it's better to have them in a place where American servicemen can kill them.

To hear the carping critics, you'd think Iraq was an unmitigated disaster, or that such a disaster is imminent.

What's worse is that so many Republicans in Congress seem to agree. This should be a great campaign issue, with Republicans supporting the president and making the case that the war is succeeding, but they're scattering like chickens. Even conservatives like Bill Buckley and George Will are carping, based more on their discomfort with Bush's non-conservative moves than on any real facts. If Republicans don't wise up, calm down and fight back, they'll lose their majorities in Congress, and they'll deserve to.

Come to think of it, perhaps the U.S. is in a civil war in which the MSM takes the Anti-Bush side. They don't use bombs and IEDs, but they're serving as promoters for the terrorists.