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From: LindyBill	4/25/2005 3:02:59 PM
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Today's article in the NYT about the Marine Co that I found offensive is picking up comments. NYT: DEFENDER OF OUR MARINES? therightreport.com By Trevor Bothwell Michael Moss of the New York Times reports today on several Marines who have complained upon returning home from Iraq about substandard armor and manpower in the field. The apparent shortage of up-armored Humvees was a hot topic last summer after American casualties began to mount in the wake of increased IED and RPG attacks on troops riding in these quick but minimally armored vehicles -- a concern that was addressed almost immediately by the Defense Department. However, there is only scant admission in the Times article that DoD made "vigorous efforts" to rectify matters in the wake of an increasing insurgency, as it instead concentrated on giving the impression that our Marines are fed up with the service they're being asked to provide. So is the Times a staunch defender of our bravest warriors? Will its editorial board defend Ilario Pantano, the Marine accused of murdering two Iraqis last spring, if the facts of the case point to Pantano acting in self-defense? I might be going out on a limb here, but one gets the feeling the Times loves our Marines only when they can be used as a club with which to beat the Bush administration and its prosecution of the war. After all, most telling about this article isn't even its content but the actual mechanics of writing. Notice how often in only the eight paragraphs I excerpted the word "Marines" is spelled with a lowercase "m". Are the Times editors really unaware that "Marines" is a proper noun? Or, as I imagine, is this simply a point so trivial to Mr. Moss and the editors so as to never have crossed their minds in the first place? The Marines -- and those of us who honor and respect the work they do -- would never overlook such a thing.

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