wretchard wrote:

>>Maybe America owes an eternal debt of gratitude to the MSM, academia and the entire liberal establishment for encouraging the Jihad to come out of the woodwork and materialize in Iraq, where, if movies like the Battle of Algiers was to be believed, America would find its graveyard. Instead the AQ was roundly, decisively and publicly beaten into a pulp by the very forces which the MSM was so sure were destined to defeat. Thank you so much MSM. Thank you. Thank you.<<

Zarqawi was in Iraq before the US invasion, and AQ didn’t need any “encouragement” from the MSM to see the strategic value of exploiting Sunni and Shiite divisions to win over whole cities to their banner. I realize it is loose invective on your part Wretchard, but it is stupid and betrays a twisted hate that clouds your judgement. No post that quotes from the Times Online should then condemn the MSM without a little more reflection.