What Would Dan Do?

Dan Rather quit his job at CBS one year ago. This following his disgrace by getting caught trying to undermine President Bush's military record with fake documents. Today CBS took a giant step in the right direction when they aired a factual story on 60 Minutes about the Iraqi city of Tal Afar, and how it was taken over by al Qaeda. The 200,000 people of Tal Afar became prisoners in their homes. "They used Tal Afar as a base to train insurgents and launch attacks around Iraq. Last September, U.S. and Iraqi forces set out to recapture Tal Afar, and as Lara Logan reports, the Bush administration is pointing to that operation as a model for how to fight and win the rest of the war." Back in February, The Mudville Gazette blog posted a letter from the Mayor of Tall 'Afar, Iraq to the men and women of the 3rd Armored Cavalry Regiment and their families, thanking them. "God bless this brave Regiment; God bless the families who dedicated these brave men and women. From the bottom of our hearts we thank the families. They have given us something we will never forget." Read the whole letter Col McMaster in Tall Afar with (from left to right) Mayor Najim, Col Khalid (Mosul Emergency Battalion) and BG Saba (Tall Afar Police Chief), among others. I'm happy that CBS has done the right thing in covering this positive story. Let's hope this signals a sea change in how the War on Terror is covered now that self absorbed blowhards like Dan Rather are being put out to pasture. Hat Tip Michelle Malkin Thanks to Mudville Gazette and Rathergate.com