Good News in Iraq

I like to focus on the good news and leave off the negative, depressing stuff for CNN. So here are some links I’ve found out-and-around:

• Two soldiers from Tennessee say there’s a lot of good news in Iraq
• U.S. military finds way around the press corps
• A Year Of Progress In Iraq
• A Revival for Iraq’s Oil Industry as Output Nears Prewar Levels
• Miscellaneous items cited in January

So why won’t the evening news broadcast it? Dr. Bob Arnot was apparently let go by NBC for reporting too much positive news. So we’re left with bloggers to find these hidden gems.

It’s also important for me to say that I do not mean to downplay the horrors of war. Our people are putting it all on the line for a controversial cause. In the end, each of us will have to decide if the cost was worth the benefit that has/will come from liberating Iraq. The sure fire way to screw it up would be to leave with the job half finished. But it looks like Bush won’t let that happen, which is good news in itself.