ABC. CBS. NBC. CNN. Time. Newsweek. The New York Times. The Los Angeles Times. The Washington Post. The leaders of the "mainstream" media have committed themselves to a relentless drumbeat of negativity concerning the war in Iraq, due to the ideological difference the vast majority of their journalists have with a Republican President as well as most Americans. The 2004 State of the News Media report found that 34% of national journalists consider themselves Liberals, while only 7% described themselves as Conservatives. That's nearly five times as many self-described Liberals in the media as Conservatives. Among the general American populace, 33% describe themselves as Conservatives, while only 20% think of themselves as Liberal.

Though almost no one actually likes wars, they occasionally become necessary, and our finest men and women are called to fight them. Liberals as a group consistently seek to avoid war at any cost whatsoever. They have been extremely vocal in their opposition to what they call President Bush's "adventure" in Iraq, since before the first soldier stepped over the border. They consistently seek to portray the conflict as something President Bush started for personal reasons, against the wishes of most Americans. In fact, Congress voted to give the President the authority to use military force in Iraq and the vast majority of the American people -- 72% according to an ABC News poll -- were behind the President when the fighting began in Iraq. Liberals -- especially those dominating the media -- did not approve the war, however, and have spared no opportunity to remind us of their position... and convince us that it was the position of most Americans as well. They also want us to believe that there was no Coalition of the Willing; that America fought Saddam alone, against the wishes of the entire world. In reality, it was only Saddam's trading partners France, Germany, Russia and China that were against us... but to Liberals, France and Germany ARE the world.

The media has the power to decide what stories from Iraq are reported, and how. If it weren't for smaller news outlets and the Internet, few of us would even realise that we are being deliberately and systematically robbed of Iraq war heroes. Few of us would realise how many people of how many nations are with us in this war, and how well they are doing in our common fight against terrorism.