Journalists in Iraq have nearly no freedom of the press. This story is so under reported that after googling, I could not find any acceptable articles to link to. If you want to hear about press restrictions in Iraq, listen to this War News Radio excerpt.
Most americans will agree that freedom of the press is a tenant of democracy. Why, then, would we allow a country in which we are trying to instill democracy to openly target journalists without so much as a peep from our journalist outlets let alone our government.
Obama has shifted our focus from Iraq, but this issue is much older than Obama's presidency. I think that, en masse, Americans have come to the conclusion that we don't care about freedom for Iraqis (despite calling it Iraqi Freedom) we just care about stability with a government that will secure low gas prices.
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