The American media is ignoring former CENTCOM chief General Joseph Hoar’s testimony yesterday in front of the Senate foreign relations committee.

I’m facinated by this blackout in coverage- are these comments being ignored because there isn’t a touching “school-opening in Iraq” story to counter-balance it?

“I believe we are absolutely on the brink of failure. We are looking into the abyss,” General Joseph Hoar, a former commander in chief of US central command, told the Senate foreign relations committee.

If you search on that quote in Google News this is what you get:

NEW PHOTOS ADD TO US SHAME
The Mirror, UK - 3 hours ago
… The former head of the US Central Command, General Joseph Hoare was reported as saying: “I believe we are absolutely on the brink of failure. …

Fresh Iraq prison photos emerge
BBC News, UK - 9 hours ago
… General Joseph Hoare. “I believe we are absolutely on the brink of failure”, he said. “We are looking into the abyss.”. Later on …

Hostilities force Bush into deep hole
Guardian, UK - 13 hours ago
… that America was facing a strategic disaster. “I believe we are absolutely on the brink of failure. We are looking into the abyss …

Maybe weblogs reprinting these quotes will make it hard for the media to ignore them for another cycle.