[Media-watch] Hearts and Minds?/Fallujah/Iraqi Resistance

[David McKnight]

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The Washington Post's Anthony Shadid visits the 'Rebuilders of Sadr City,' touted as "an example for battle-scarred cities like Fallujah," and finds that "the disenchantment is so deep in some places that it leaves a question most U.S. officials prefer not to address: Is the battle for hearts and minds already lost?"

On TomDispatch, Michael Schwartz argues that "dystopian" U.S. plans for Fallujah reveal "the desperation of American strategists" and reflect the fact that "the conquest of Fallujah, despite the destruction of the city, visibly did not accomplish its primary goal."

Writing in the Boston Globe, Molly Bingham explains 'Why elections won't quell Iraq resistance' and says that "the violence will remain until we are gone." Plus: 'Easing the Mule Down From the Minaret.'

Voting With Their Feet. The Christian Science Monitor, examining 'The Pattern of Discontent in U.S. Ranks,' cites an analyst who says that "What is driving the resistance is the same thing that drove it during Vietnam -- a lack of trust in the civilian leadership and a sense that the uniformed leaders are not standing up for the forces."

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