Wednesday, April 19, 2006
Military drumbeat for resignations grows louder
(2006-04-19) — A growing movement of retired and active-duty U.S. military officers, angry at the mismanagement, arrogance and even deception that have hampered U.S. efforts to secure peace and democracy in Iraq, have begun quietly calling for the resignation of top leaders they blame for the difficulties.Via who else? Scrappleface of course.
“I believe that it’s time for them to step down,” said one unnamed retired three-star general. “The editors of The New York Times and Washington Post and the news producers at CNN, CBS, NBC and ABC should resign effective immediately.”
“They’ve formed a tight cabal that focuses only on news that reinforces their neo-journ ideology,” said another unnamed general. “Despite the urgent need for actual reporting from Iraq, they have failed to put enough boots on the ground in country.”
“As civilians, they make editorial decisions without any understanding of history or military strategy,” said another retired officer, “and they’re trying to run the war coverage from hotels in the cloister of the Green Zone, without consulting with our leaders and troops on the frontlines.”
4 Comments:
By 
Dawnfire82, at
Wed Apr 19, 07:52:00 PM:
Sarcasm is only effective if one, you know, lampoons what is actually said rather than just making stuff up and hoping everyone laughs and no one notices that you... made it up.
Just an FYI.
By Steve Burri, at
Wed Apr 19, 10:35:00 PM:
When I had first been directed to the article, I had expected that it would involve former employees of the various newspapers and broadcast outlets that were calling for the resignation of their former bosses.
By Charlottesvillain, at
Thu Apr 20, 08:51:00 AM:
Can't win 'em all I guess. I thought it was funny.
By Georg Felis, at
Thu Apr 20, 12:50:00 PM:
Those who take themselves too seriously are unable to see the joke. (see above) The rest of us are laughing at the article, and the clueless people who are saying “That’s not funny!”
