Rumsfeld: Terrorists Can Only Win Through Media

Donald Rumsfeld said yesterday that terrorists in Iraq cannot win over in Iraq. The only way they can win is through opinion in Washington DC and they are using the US media (who are quite willing to comply) skillfully to achieve their ends.

Troops on the ground know the real story, and share it with their friends and loved ones through e-mails and phone calls, the secretary said. But they continue to wonder why this story isn't finding its way into the media, he said.

"All I know is that there are 150,000 troops over there who keep asking me, what in the world is going on?" Rumsfeld said. "Why is the impression in the United States so notably different than the facts on the ground that they see every day?"

Because the terrorists have the US media on their side, who can still help them grab victory from the clutches of defeat.