Noting the News on Iraq

Note all the bad news 'from' Iraq.

You won't, the news is generally good from Iraq, so if you live in the US, where there is rarely good news most of the time, good news is usually substituted by no news. Take note of the changes that are occurring regarding Iraq.

Start with Spook's Inverse Law of Iraq War Reporting, because he has good analysis of this months casualty numbers. You might also want to check out the latest Al Qaeda news in Iraq, their latest top guy just took a dirt nap. In yet another good news story, Iraq and Turkey have signed an agreement to deal with Kurdish rebels.

So how does the US deal with the good news? The Senate has decided to repeat history of almost a century ago, and reinvent a 21st century version of the Balfour Declaration of 1917. In other words, the US will be an imperial power and divide the prople of Iraq based on religion and race, similar to how Israel was created to partition the Jews into Israel. Iraq rejects the idea, and by the way I do too. Someone answer me this question, at what point does an American Senator think it is a good idea that the business of the US government is to pass laws that divide people by religion, race, or otherwise?

Another major talking point is Blackwater, a discussion I am waiting to see more evidence on before commenting. Either way, it is distracting and generally bad so something most likely to be seen on TV.

Why does this matter? Because if you look closely, several of the milbloggers reporting from Iraq have gone EMCON ALPHA, meaning something may be happening on the ground. Whatever it is, if that something is similar to what has been happening over the last few months, it is probably more good news you won't hear about on TV.