MSM did the same thing to sell the "success" of the surge!
"Various power struggles are playing out in Iraq - the most recent an intra-Shi'ite battle pitting the Shi'ite-led government against the Mahdi army of cleric Moqtada al-Sadr.
The government has launched military operations against the militia and Sunni insurgent groups that have helped drive violence to a four-year low."
That is going to be the MSM line for the next FIVE MONTHS, folks!!!
IRAQ is GETTING BETTER and GEORGE W. BUSH finally -- FINALLY -- "won" Iraq!