Dymphna at Gates of Vienna links to a long blogpost by a woman who calls herself Kat and who spent two full years working as a reconstruction contractor in war-torn Iraq.  The article is a cry of heartfelt and justified outrage regarding the abject failure of the MSM to report this massive effort. All we have heard about it so far are stories based on the adage "If It Bleeds, It Leads," plus the inevitable exposure of the occasional misdeeds or failures of the contracting companies.  Dymphna recommends  reading at least the sections headed HALLIBURTON and THE BIG STORY PICTURE.  Excerpts from both appear in the sequel.  As is so often the case, Read The Whole Thing is the Order of the Day.

Webmaster's note: In rereading his post "cold" John discovered he'd made some clerical errors copying excerpts from the posts he referenced, etc. I've removed the remainder of this post at his request. His advice to read the Gates of Vienna and Done With Mirrors posts he linked to still stands, and I heartily second it. -- Bill Faith

Contributed by John Werntz on September 20, 2006 at 11:38 PM in Current Affairs, Iraq, John "72nd TCS" Werntz, Media Perfidy | Permalink

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