What I hear in response to this entire situation is a lot of frustration - frustration that once again,the media is trying to undermine our war efforts, thus endangering the troops more. As we are finding out today, evidently the good reporter, who had supposedly been working on this story forever, failed to discover, or failed to report, that this problem has been being addressed for a long time. He wanted to leave the impression that nothing has been done on this and that Rumsfield doesn't care about our troops, blah blah blah. The reporter had an agenda, and it was not to help the troops, and that is what I believe is behind of lot of the anger and frustration you are hearing.
Well said. Aiding our war effort is more important than the freedom granted the press to tell any story in any manner they wish. If the press does not begin to exercise more caution and wisdom in the stories they tell and how they tell them, they will lose their right to tell any story whatsoever. They have already proven themselves unworthy of any loyal American's respect and trust.