Iraq Left Out of the Horse Race

In this month's LeMonde Diplomatique, Dahr Jamail wrote that in the perpetual press frenzy that is the US Presidential elections, critical coverage of the American mess in Iraq has withered.

He argues that not only have the candidates taken softer positions on Iraq, with less talk of withdrawal, but that US media have not taken them to task on it. Despite Obama's solid position on Iraq and lobbying against the invasion, his campaign has been less forthright. Still, Crazy Ol' Man McCain and Billary Clinton offer much worse prospects, he writes.

Jamail notes that most Americans and an even higher percentage of Iraqis seek a quick end to the American occupation. You wouldn't know that from watching CNN.