Hear no evil

The Center for Strategic and International Studies released a report stating Iraq forces will not be fully trained until late 2005 at the earliest. Doesn't the liberal media realize this is the kind of thing that could demoralize our troops in Iraq? Good thing the Bush administration probably won't tell them about it:

The Bush administration, battling negative perceptions of the Iraq war, is sending Iraqi Americans to deliver what the Pentagon calls "good news" about Iraq to U.S. military bases, and has curtailed distribution of reports showing increasing violence in that country.

The unusual public-relations effort by the Pentagon and the U.S. Agency for International Development comes as details have emerged showing the U.S. government and a representative of President Bush's reelection campaign had been heavily involved in drafting the speech given to Congress last week by interim Iraqi Prime Minister Ayad Allawi. Combined, they indicate that the federal government is working assiduously to improve Americans' opinions about the Iraq conflict -- a key element of Bush's reelection message.

Nice. Bush has decided to lie to the troops that are fighting to protect American truth. Call me crazy, but I have a feeling that the soldiers already know how bad the violence is in Iraq considering they are the ones most of it is directed at.