BBC: The Iraq negative template won’t change, but thanks for one good day of reporting
The BBC tells — for one brief moment — the story that George Bush, his administration, and the soldiers on the ground have been telling all the time:
Men and woman came, many carrying small children, and in the street outside the school they formed silhouettes, in swirls of dust on a warm autumn day in Baghdad. One voter said: “This is stability, at last”. Another, with tears in his eyes, told me: “This is the beginning of a new Iraq. I am so happy.”
Iraqis are known for their spontaneous, and often poetic eloquence. Ali al-Musawi, a Shia Muslim originally from Sadr city said: “Iraq is like a ship in a storm being tossed form left to right, and now we need a new captain to take us to land and to safety.”
One man hoped the election would bring an end to the occupation, but this would depend, he said, on maintaining unity. “Stability can only come from unity. When we have stability,” he said, ” then the Americans can go.”
In all likelihood, the BBC template within a day or two will be back to disaster-as-usual, but isn’t it nice of them to give us a brief respite. (HT: Gateway Pundit)