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Politics : I Will Continue to Continue, to Pretend....
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To: Sully- who wrote (23330)10/27/2006 4:33:50 AM
From: Sully-   of 35834
 
New York Times Involved in Mythmaking

DOD asks editorial page to correct error

For the Record (DOD)
Oct. 24, 2006

The Pentagon today asked the New York Times to correct an editorial, which claimed that “There have never been enough troops, the result of Mr. Rumsfeld’s negligent decision to use Iraq as a proving ground for his pet military theories, rather than listen to his generals.” Whether the Times believes there were (or are) enough troops in Iraq, it is demonstrably untrue that troop levels in Iraq are the result of Secretary Rumsfeld’s “not listening to his generals.”

Generals involved in troop-level decisions have been very clear on this matter, making numerous statements that are not new—or difficult—to find, such as extensive commentary in General Franks’s book, American Soldier. The implication is that the New York Times either believes these generals are not being truthful, or that they are too intimidated to tell the truth. The Pentagon would vigorously dispute both characterizations.

Read what generals themselves have to say about the subject, in a Pentagon letter to the editor (link below).

UPDATE: The New York Times has declined the Pentagon’s request to correct its editorial.

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