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MSM has been trying to persuade Americans that a civil war in Iraq is imminent. Now they've done a poll to confirm that their disinformation campaign is working:
Majority of Americans Believe Iraq Civil War is Likely
Washington Post-ABC News Poll Finds Sharp Decline in Optimism About Iraq WarBy Richard Morin
An overwhelming majority of the public believes fighting between Sunni and Shiite Muslims in Iraq will lead to civil war and half says the United States should begin withdrawing its forces from that violence-torn country, according to the latest Washington Post-ABC News poll.
But according to reports on the ground in Iraq, no civil war is imminent:
By RALPH PETERS - In Iraq
March 5, 2006 -- BAGHDAD
I'M trying. I've been trying all week. The other day, I drove another 30 miles or so on the streets and alleys of Baghdad. I'm looking for the civil war that The New York Times declared. And I just can't find it.
Maybe actually being on the ground in Iraq prevents me from seeing it. Perhaps the view's clearer from Manhattan. It could be that my background as an intelligence officer didn't give me the right skills.
And riding around with the U.S. Army, looking at things first-hand, is certainly a technique to which The New York Times wouldn't stoop in such an hour of crisis.
Let me tell you what I saw anyway. Rolling with the "instant Infantry" gunners of the 1st Platoon of Bravo Battery, 4-320 Field Artillery, I saw children and teenagers in a Shia slum jumping up and down and cheering our troops as they drove by. Cheering our troops.
All day - and it was a long day - we drove through Shia and Sunni neighborhoods. Everywhere, the reception was warm. No violence. None.
And no hostility toward our troops. Iraqis went out of their way to tell us we were welcome.
Instead of a civil war, something very different happened because of the bombing of the Golden Mosque in Samarra. The fanatic attempt to stir up Sunni-vs.-Shia strife, and the subsequent spate of violent attacks, caused popular support for the U.S. presence to spike upward.
Mudville Gazette reports on a case in which the NY TIMES and the WASHINGTON POST wildly misreport the facts in what appears to be a blatant attempt at disinformation.
Instapundit observes:
The press had better hope we win this war, because if we don't, a lot of people will blame the media.
...Yes, I've gotten some email of the "you only want happy news" variety, which proves that those people didn't read the posts I indicated above. I just want the press to avoid false information that damages the war effort. Is that asking too much?
As Instapundit notes, it is not yet certain that there will be a good outcome in Iraq. But the press is misreporting news, and suppressing news, with the result that it is misinforming the public about Iraq.
Conclusion: Today's Washington Post-ABC News poll provides documentary evidence of the harm they are doing via their own campaign of publishing false information.
