[Dean's World] Aziz P: Guns in the desert

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Posted by Aziz P:
Guns in the desert
http://www.deanesmay.com/posts/1204040234.shtml


   [1]Michael Totten has another essay up - plus one scary as hell video.

   It's a bit frustrating that voices like Michael's aren't getting more
   widespread exposure. I think part of this is the way in which the
   political blogsphere is so divided. MJT doesn't blog on any lefty
   blogs or post announcements of his essays at DailyKos, so its really
   only the right-sided audience that gets exposed. here at DW is about
   as far left as his work gets exposed to.

   I do not blame the media, though. Since I actually subscribe to feeds
   from major media sources i see plenty of evidence that the changing
   realities in Iraq are being faithfully reported. Indie journalists
   like Totten have their roots in the blogsphere, but its they who need
   to reach towards the mass media, not the other way around. Part of
   that is to cross-pollinate their work to areas where it might not be
   intuitively obvious, such as leftwing communities.

   I speak form experience - my dailykos diary gets troll rated half the
   time, too. And yet there are voices there,members of that community,
   who are receptive. Do we prefer the status quo or is Iraq important
   enough that we shoudl seek to persuade? MJT and Michael Yon both are
   compelling, articulate and courageous men whose work is not easily
   dismissed.

   Ideally what I would like to see woudl be MJT at Phil Carter's Intel
   Dump as a guest blogger. The cross pollination that woudl result form
   that would truly be beneficial to the debate, and linking to that from
   left sites would increase the idea-penetration and persuasiveness of
   the point of view that Michael argues for so vividly with his
   journalism.

References

   1. http://www.michaeltotten.com/archives/2008/02/guns-in-the-des.php