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03/28/2003 Archived Entry: "The Leading Indicator of Victory"

HOW DO YOU KNOW THE COALITION IS BOUND FOR VICTORY?: Slate's Jack Shafer says just wait for New York Times reporter R.W. "Johnny" Apple Jr. to declare that the coalition is losing. Sure enough, Apple is praising the effectiveness of the Iraqi military. You know, the one that's been driven back repeatedly over the past week.

Shafer lays out the four parts of the news cycle concerning wars that people like Apple and his minions continue to perpetuate.