Mistake 1 was letting this a-hole come along. But, let's not get sidetracked.
Last year, our Commander-in-Chief allowed an infantry Colonel to be crucified for threatening a terrorist captive into revealing lifesaving information. Our boys have the right to expect to expect W to get on the horn and say:
"The buck stops here. This inquiry is over. End of story. No more reporters after Fallujah. God bless."
Thankfully, the President has advisors who understand public relations better than you do.
We will know how smart (or stupid as the case may be) that the Administration or Pentagon is after this fiasco.
If, after one week, we STILL have imbedded news media along with our troops during dangerous work, many of these outlets clearly seeking to undermine our boys there, then we haven't learned a damned thing.
Wanna bet the imbeds, including seditious journalists who are "Citizens of the World" first and foremost, are still along for the ride a week from now?
What's wrong with censored, video feeds from the US military imbedded DOD civilian or military journalists, ONLY, on a daily basis, with short written summaries every hour? How about keeping the American MSM journalists away from this until we can go in and secure total VICTORY??
This is no longer the US MSM that was aboard troop trucks or landing craft in WWII, who wanted our boys to win, and followed the rules to help the US secure victory. Since we longer live in those days, then we should alter the rules to keep these clymers OUT!