Easter Briefing

I listened to the military briefing to the press this morning and where we are still under fire and what we are doing in Iraq. The one thing the officer was absolutely adament about is there are pockets of resistance here and there in Iraq but these are a tiny minority. The vast majority of the 25 million people of Iraq are not angry or hostile toward the USA or the others of the coalition troops. This is so even in Fallujah. The USA and coalition troops are doing everything they can to minimize civilian deaths and they are not commiting any war crimes of any kind.

He specifically referenced the mosques. The insurgents attack from a mosque to wreck as much havoc as they can, including the killing of civilians who get caught in the crossfire. Then, when we break down a wall of the mosque and squelch the attack, they use this as proof that we are destroying Islamic churches and killing civilians.

This is not being reported by the press, however. He said it would be a huge help to the total effort if there was more balanced and accurate reporting re the situation there and if it was being reported more honestly that the whole country is not at war in Iraq. He did not attempt to minimize the difficulty of tracking down the insurgents who do not wish for Iraq to be a free and independent country and are doing their worst to stop that from happening.

It saddened me that this report was necessary on Easter Sunday morning. Nevertheless, Happy Easter to Christian friends in this forum.