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[Gene GeRue <genegerue AT ruralize.com>]

> /*Editors' Note*: LTC Tim Ryan is Commander, Task Force 2-12 Cavalry, 
> First Cavalry Division in Iraq. He led troops into battle in Fallujah late 
> last year and is now involved in security operations for the upcoming 
> elections. He wrote the following during "down time" after the Fallujah 
> operation. His views are his own./

Phew! If this guy can write this much stuff during down time, he either has 
way too much down time or he has a big future in journalism.

I think we all know that mainstream media reports the negative stuff more 
than the positive stuff. Sad to say, readers want the nastiest stuff. As a 
culture, we are attracted to disaster and find good news ho-hum.