U.S. credibility is sinking and the msm keeps drilling holes in the boat

if the blatant absence of accountability in any form whatsoever wasn't parading by my face every single day, flipping me the metaphorical digit, i might find it difficult to believe that the u.s. has descended so low and abandoned so much of what might have once been a respectable level of moral standing in the world...

Since the invasion in March 2003, Bush and his backers have hailed one mirage of false hope after another, from the toppling of Saddam Hussein’s statue, to Bush’s “Mission Accomplished” speech, to the slaying of Hussein’s two sons, to Hussein’s capture, to the transfer of “sovereignty,” to last January’s elections – and finally to the proposed constitution. [See Consortiumnews.com’s “Sinking in Deeper.”]

However, these transient causes for celebration were overwhelmed by the harsh realities on the ground as the U.S. invasion and occupation aggravated Iraq’s ethnic tensions and a stubborn insurgency arose to challenge the Americans militarily.

Also, the war’s chief justification – supposed Iraqi weapons of mass destruction – turned out to be bogus as did allegations of Hussein’s collaboration with al-Qaeda. Then, the disclosure of sexual and other abuses of Iraqis at Abu Ghraib prison enflamed anti-Americanism worldwide.

Yet, even as the Iraq War skeptics turned out to be right and the pro-war pundits were exposed as gullible or worse, the same Washington dynamic of a pinched debate about Iraq has continued to apply.

No pro-war columnist has been fired for showing inadequate skepticism about Bush’s claims. No anti-war thinker has been added to the op-ed pages of major newspapers to make sure there is more skepticism now.

Indeed, there has been no appreciable change in either the make-up or the ideology of the TV pundits. As little accountability as there was for senior Bush officials for misleading the country to war, there’s been even less for star journalists who failed to ask the tough questions.

here's what's happening to me as an american in a foreign country (and what i'm about to say is so terribly, terribly sad)... when i talk to non-americans, as bad as they think things have gotten in the u.s., i know it's a lot worse than they think it is... when i tell them some of the things that are going on, they are shocked... i wish people in the u.s. would wake up and realize that there are a TON of people in this world who desperately WANT to believe in the u.s... the u.s. is their dream and, if not us, then who...?

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