There may come a day when I become ambivalent about the war in Iraq, but I will never become anti-war. the reason? The only group that could convince me to turn against the war are the media, but I know that they are willing to put falsehoods on the front page if a negative story ¨feels¨ right and we consistently hear feedback from soldiers that the media is totally failing to give us details on the victories and advances, both on a military and personal level.

The following is from the Washington Post, which conducted in depth interviews with 100 veterans of the war.

But it was not bad in the ways they see covered in the media -- the majority also agreed on this. What they experienced was more complex than the war they saw on television and in print. It was dangerous and confused, yes, but most of the vets also recalled enemies routed, buildings built and children befriended, against long odds in a poor and demoralized country. "We feel like we're doing something, and then we look at the news and you feel like you're getting bashed." "It seems to me the media had a predetermined script." The vibe of the coverage is just "so, so, so negative."

It may very well be that the thousands of little positives do not compensate at all for the one or two big daily negatives that the media reports on daily.  Since I´ll never believe that I really understand what´s going on, I will therefore choose to believe that the average U.S. soldier is a good person, that the average U.S. politican wants to do the right thing and is not just looking to kill people for profit, and the majority of Iraqis prefer freedom, democracy and Islam over tyranny and Islam.