re: Another factor to consider...
tom wrote "Considering the massive amount of Arabic anti-American propaganda that has been steadily pumped into Iraq since the war, and the lack of opposing information from coalition sources, it seems to me that the results are actually better than one might expect."
Not-quite-good but better-than-one-might-expect is not exactly a stunning endorsement of our presence there, and not quite positive results in general.
And I am still curious why stating that 250,000 'very hostile' Iraqis (or even 100,000, for that matter, even assuming Baghdad is disproportionately steeped in the we-don't-love-americans viewpoint) is not a bad or concerning thing.
If you are going to cry 'tainted journalism', I want something to back it up.
Davin L.