Alright, CNNtertainment, it's another installment of "Ask This", where I selflessly help you navigate the tricky rules of good journalism. There there, I know, it's so hard being blinded by the lights of the White House pressroom. That's why I am here to help. First of all, we need to stop yapping about Al-Zarqawi being killed and how fantastic that is, prompting go-with-the-flow jellyfish in this country to bump your polls on the success of the war in Iraq. Instead, here's a poll for you which will more accurately reflect how well the war is going: How about you ask insurgents in Iraq whether or not Al-Zarqawi's death has made them less likely to recruit others and attack, or more likely to recruit others and attack? How about you ask whether or not Al-Zarqawi will be replaced by someone just like him, and if he's killed, whether or not there's already someone lined up to replace him and so on and so forth? How about you then ask yourself how effective our tactic is over there? How about you then ask yourself how well the Iraq war is going? ASK THIS. Oh yes, and since I know you might have missed this rule, then you report your results to us, your audience, even if the big bad wolf in the big white house doesn't like it. See now? How hard was that?

 

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