We had it (Iraq) right at the beginning…

But to piece together the truth in those days you had to
scrounge for it, ignore the ignorance and lies pouring out of Donald
Rumfeld’s mouth and defy the prevailing political tide of arrogant
triumphalism. Very few journalists, and even fewer politicians, were
willing to do that. Some in Left Blogistan were (Kos, Needlenose and
Steve Gilliard, among others, also come readily to mind). As a result
we presented a far more accurate picture of the war to our readers than
the corporate media — with a few honorable exceptions — did
to its own. I’m proud enough of that to want to remind the world, and
the moronic media blog bashers in particular, of it…read on

From Crooks and Liars