I got an e-mail today from a friend of mine who's an Air Force officer currently serving in the Middle East. He claims to be far in the rear echelon, though, as you can read, he's close enough that he doesn't have to depend on the American media for his news. Here's my reporting story: […]
The New York Times today corrected a mistake it made nearly a month ago -- one that painted American troops in a (surprise) bad light. [A]n article on May 21 about fighting in Iraq quoted two comments incorrectly from a news conference by Maj. Gen. James Mattis, the Marine commander in the desert area near […]
The media has gotten a ton of criticism (much of it deserved) for injecting the prisoner abuse at Iraq's Abu Ghraib prison into everything from theater reviews to food columns. The Union-Tribune's Gina Lubrano steps up and acknowledges that, at least in one case, the reference was inappropriate. After seeing the story, White, who was […]
For those in the San Diego area who want to show some support for the troops, Lt. Smash is organizing a counterprotest to the Marxist/Stalinist anti-American A.N.S.W.E.R types. Downtown on a Friday night! You can counterprotest and then go out to dinner in the gaslamp district.
Today Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld gave a speech at the West Point graduation ceremony. The Associated Press lead paragraph: Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld, making no mention of the prisoner-abuse scandal that has led to calls for his ouster, told a cheering crowd of graduating cadets Saturday that they will help win the global […]
From the Washington Post, a heartbreaking account of the life, and death of Edward Alan Brudno.
Fox News Sunday host Chris Wallace asked a very good question of the top Democrat on the Senate Armed Services Committee, Carl Levin of Michigan. Wallace: I guess what I'm asking you is, as the ranking Democrat on the Senate Armed Services Committee, this was announced to the world. I agree it wasn't a big […]