A Legacy of Liberation

By Hugh Hewitt
Beyond the News

As the third anniversary of the invasion of Iraq passed, the mainstream media in the U.S. came in for some heavy and well-deserved criticism for its relentless negative coverage of the events in post-war Iraq. The continual predictions of civil war and the near exclusive focus on IEDs and insurgent murders creates the very misleading impression that Iraq is worse off today than it was under Saddam.

Saddam's regime was among the most brutal on the globe, and as author Robert Kaplan--whose book, "Imperial Grunts," should not be missed--has noted, there was zero chance of the Hussein regime ever evolving or being ousted except by force of arms.

While there is violence in Iraq, there is also now hope and nascent freedom. The big media has refused to convey this message because of their deep, deep hatred of George W. Bush, but Americans should be proud of the liberation of that country and grateful to our armed servicemen and women in securing and expanding freedom.