http://zenhuber.blog spot.com/2009/11/war-porn.html

In an Oct. 26 op-ed piece, David Ingatius of the Washington Post tells us everything we need to know about why mainstream media war coverage is so tainted. The article is 750 words worth of war pornography, verbal sex performed on Gen. David Petraeus, who gives Ignatius an aerial view of Baghdad aboard a Blackhawk helicopter (fly me to the moon and let me swing upon your stars…).

Ignatius gushes about Petraeus’s descriptions of how normal Baghdad looks now from the air. Except, terrorists exploded two bombs at the Justice Ministry and the Baghdad provincial administration, killing more than 100 and wounding more that 500. ‘Tis but a flesh wound, eh David?

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No one in the fourth estate is covering our wars, or even trying to. The Pentagon’s truth ministry has insured that the only information that gets out is the company line. Up to now, the four-stars have kept a full bird colonel public affairs officer by their sides. Stan McChrystal has a one-star admiral, Gregory J. Smith, as his personal publicity agent. Adm. Smith is a career public affairs officer. The mind reels.

Men and women who spend careers as line officers and enlisted noncoms take charge of actual troops and lead them into harm’s way. They acquire actual combat skills. They tend not to care much about politics. They tend to shun Washington D.C. They make the military work, such as it does.