THE BAD NEWS FROM IRAQ IS THAT THE GOOD NEWS MAY NOT BE SO GOOD AFTER ALL

Things are calming down in Iraq, not necessarily as good a thing as you may think. I wrote here a few times about the Iraqi Army Wolf Brigade and their growing reputation for being brave, tough, and ruthless. I've also warned repeatedly that we may be training the best army of thugs ever unleashed in the Middle East and our trained police may turn out equally ruthless. So try this from a major piece of at American Spectator, hardly a Left Wing hate mag.

What continues to be whispered, and what I have reported here once or twice, is the claim that the Iraqi Army is killing hundreds of the terrorists whom they do arrest. No trials. No niceties. Just a quick shot in the head. I can neither confirm nor refute this persistent report. But, I hear it so often that I do tend to believe something along those lines is happening. The victims of the Army killings (if they are happening) are the former Saddam loyalists who form the core of the terrorist groups.

I, and many others, have stated many times that in an area with at least three thousand years of ruthlessness, nice democratic court systems would be looked upon as weakness to be exploited; that the only way to control terrorists is to terrorize them. It's happening. The piece by John Connly Walsh blasts the shit out of the bad reporting (non reporting) by all concerned....

What is also remarkable about all the talk of Iraqi Army atrocities is that not a soul in the media has reported a word about it. This is the scandal of what passes in Iraq for news gathering and reporting. Since this place is so dangerous, the media quite literally stay hunkered down in the trenches.

He also notes the lack of reporting in Baghdad because all the reporters want to hide out and not get killed. Good piece. Go there. He also points out how the AP has become a propaganda piece for Terrorists......

Then read his prior column about the two guys making a difference over there, and of course since they are doing a great job one of them has been "rotated" back to the states.