Dear L/Cpl Guardiano,

Your facts are disturbing the meta-narrative that various parties in Europe and on this side of the pond have been weaving. Don't you understand that there is an election coming next year, in which important "Issues ™" need to be addressed?

Please keep your observations to yourself, as meta-narratives are as delicate as souffle's and this meta-narrative needs a very restricted flow of information in order to rise properly.

MG

/ bitter parody of anti-American s**theads off /

And Anthony was trying to tell me that the media is mostly GOP oriented, rather than listing to port?
Poppycock!!!!

L/Cpl....Obviously you are in need of "Fair and Balanced" treatment from Al Franken. He will take care of the "Lies and the Lying Liars Who Tell Them".

Hello VF ? Hello Anthony? Nobody are you there?

" And silence was the loud reply"

Oh yeah,

The media is giving us the cold hard facts. My big ol' butt! This marine sounds like he has a good grip on his part of the world, while we are hammered with quagmiration back home.

Al Franken is a no talent idiot. How he ever got a book deal is a mystery to me. Oh wait, he just blathers on saying what the liberal left, who still control most of the media, want to hear. Well, he isn't even worthy to lick my sweaty nut sack, although it wouldn't surprise me if he had lots of experience in that department.

Thus spake Elvis! Try to control the quivering lip. How well do you do snears? LOL.

Finally. Some news I can sink my teeth into. MOF, I went out and BOUGHT the WSJ, just because of THIS article. I'm just one guy, but I'll bet if we all bought one, they'd get the picture. Ask for reprints? Let 'em know we read it? Encourage me here...

The funny thing is that you don't even have to read his opinion to realize this. Just look at the daily Iraq news-- we hear of almost nothing from outside Baghdad. No news is good news. Right?

"Good News" does not generate as many $'s as "Bad News" generates. Don't blame it on the press though, the consumer hungers for it and the media is happy to serve. Thats what makes this country great. Semper Fi Marine. We are proud of you and your selfless commitment to others.

Keep your head on a swivel, and come home safe, Marine!

Glad to hear our Marines are having successes in and around Iraq, if not Baghdad. Maybe the TV news needs to send more embedded reporters alongto get the correct view of the situation.

Good work, Marine! We're proud of ya.

- Dan Clamage, USMC (Ret)

Hey Marine, Good comments. Seems like things are working for the best. Al Franken can go to hell. He knows jack. Stay hard and you will be home soon.

LCpl Guardiano,

Do not listen to the negativity that is coming out of this country's so called Americans. Those "Americans" embarrass our nation and try to bring down the morale of our troops and the troops of other nations. KEEP UP THE GOOD WORK and CONTINUE TO GET THOSE REPORTS OUT OF GOOD THINGS HAPPENING IN IRAQ! Not all of us Americans like to hear nothing but the bad things. Whether it makes money or not, the good things are the best to hear. I am proud of each and every service member in Iraq and Afghanistan that is fighting the war on terrorism to keep our country safe.

Semper Fi,
Michele
Proud Wife of a United States Marine

Thank you, Michele. Negative sells. We just don't buy it.

LCpl Guardiano,
Thanks for your encouraging observations. We read so much conflicting news about how the operations are going in Iraq..then there is the sobering number of soldiers being taken out, almost on a daily basis...it all makes for a confusing quilt of information. Your letter displays another side of war's aftermath - one that shows something positive growing out of the effort and loss in that country. We appreciate all that you and others are doing over there. Even though we don't know you, prayers are said on your behalf nightly. Thank you for your service to the "world." Warmly, Jan Zambas

Three days after that article appeared, a member of the 1st MEF was killed at Al Hillah, exactly in the area from which Giordano reports.:

http://www.defenselink.mil/releases/2003/nr20030822-0390.html
http://www.sunspot.net/news/nationworld/iraq/bal-te.md.huffman23aug23,0,1855968.story?coll=bal-local-headlines
http://www.santacruzsentinel.com/archive/2003/August/23/local/stories/01local.htm

Greetings
Karl Heinz

I never believe the media. We used to laugh at some of the bullsh*t reporting we heard that was so contradictory to what was actually happening on the ground, especially when I was in S. America. They report what sells, not what happens; the truth, maybe, but not the whole truth. Never.

If you want to know what is really happening, read some of the blogs of people who are there: turningtables, chiefwiggles, lt.smash, soldiersparadise, etc. They will tell you how it really is.

Hang in there, Marine. You've got my support.

Special Ops Vet and
grandson of (32-year career) Marine

Keep up the good work and ignore the bs that the news says. I am near you and I don't pay attention to the news either. Keep positive thoughts and we will both make it home safely. Cheers!

I'm not a soldier. My nephew was in ROTC, and my dad was a refugee from Nazi Germany, and my mom's dad was a career soldier in the Canadian army, but I was a couple of months too young to be drafted for Viet Nam.

That being said, I am proud of those who have the guts to join the military, and grateful that someone does. If the whole country were just guys like me, well, we'd probably be speaking some other language now.

THAT being said, I think we can all agree that the war is complicated, many good and bad things are happening, and the media sells papers when it can report news, especially regarding sex and death. If there's a bias in the media, it's toward sensationalism and getting the most story for the least work (hence the huge media bias toward writing about stories that appeared the day before in another paper; you can do the whole thing without leaving your desk!).

So I think we can be delighted that Iraq is being freed, and sad that Americans are dying, all at the same time. I don't think that's traitorous. If we could have found a way to free Iraq without losing any soldiers, as we did in Kosovo, I think we would be happier. But that may simply not have been possible.

So congratulations on the good work, you are all professionals, and I'm proud of our armed forces.
D

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