Gen. Abizaid Blasts Distorted Iraq War Coverage

Gen. Abizaid Blasts Distorted Iraq War Coverage

Centcom Commander General John Abizaid blasted Iraq
war critics in Congress and the press on Sunday for
focusing on isolated cases of bad news while ignoring
the progress being made by the U.S. military in
stabilizing the country.

"The constant drumbeat in Washington of a war that is
being lost, that can't be won, of a resistance that is
out of control, simply do not square with the facts on
the ground," Abizaid told NBC's "Meet the Press." "We
need to look at what's happening in the region, as
opposed to the reports of one or two journalists that
happen to think that everybody in Iraq is in the
resistance," he explained.

"If everybody in Iraq was in the resistance," the
Centcom chief argued, "they wouldn't be volunteering
for the armed forces. We've got over 100,000 people
that are trained and equipped now. That number is
going up higher. There is more people that are coming
forward to fight for the future of Iraq than are
fighting against it."

Abizaid warned that the distorted press coverage is
playing right into the hands of the terrorists,
telling "Meet the Press," "Remember that the enemy
wants to break our will. They are experts at
manipulating the media."



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