Just watched "No end in sight", a documentary about post war Iraq

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I love how people keep saying "There were no WMDs! There were no terrorists!" yet this was after the media was constantly pounding out over the TV exactly what the plans for the US were for going there. It's like, if you have a army that specializes in guerrilla tactics, and you march in SHOUTING AT THE TOP OF YOUR LUNGS THAT YOUR GONNA GET THEM, do you really think they're gonna just stick around?

And oil, I mean, good god, what the hell is wrong with you people? Can you actually show me where the announcement is that any American company now has control of Iraq oil? If this was actually about oil, you would have seen the media blasting out and naming which "evil corporations" have "exploited" the poor, war blighted country, yet all you hear is this nameless clamor over how bush is "after" Iraq's oil. Wake up, people! It's been 7 years! If he was AFTER the oil he would have HAD it by now, he wouldn't still be AFTER it.

The american media itself is the reason that the war has lasted so long, because they're the ones that keep spouting out negative articles that are often either blown out of proportion, or unconfirmed rumors that should never have been allowed on the air. You can argue about freedom of speech all you want, but there are LIVES on the line, not just our own, but Iraqi lives as well.
There IS a psychological front to warfare, and the media has only been fighting against America on that respect and aiding the terrorists. If the media hadn't been constantly putting out more fodder for the terrorists to incite stupid recruits with, they probably already would have dwindled to dust. As it is, the war has constantly been dragged out, and has only cost more lives on both sides.

Okay, that's the end of my rant.