Top US Generals Outraged, Blast the Washington Post

The Post Chronicle ^ | 2/2/06 | Jim Kouri

[NearlyNormal]

Unless, of course, it leads to the immediate cancelation of the WaPo subscriptions of ALL the military households!

If it weren't for the sale ads and coupons, we wouldn't even get the Sunday-only edition. But at least, when the WaPo calls in Q4 of every year to offer the "Weekdays for Free" (I'm sure just to boost the appearance of their roster), it's always amusing to tell them "Sorry, we don't contribute to the Democratic Party!" and hang up.

[Donald Rumsfeld Fan]

.."Why are we setting this one aside?" Orders.

[SuziQ]

"It was expressing their disappointment with the paper and outrage at using that image to make a political point," said Lt. Col. Diane Battaglia. "That is a rare occurrence, but the level of inappropriateness prompted a response of unanimous support."

I'm sure a few choice phrases were uttered in the room if all those guys got together and discussed this!

I'm glad they went public with this unanimous statement. They're not demanding anything of the Washington Post except some respect for the soldiers they purport to 'support'., The Joint Chiefs are not telling the Washington Post that they shouldn't protest the war; the paper has every right to do so, but they should also be more respectful and not do so over the broken bodies of the men and women who have served honorably.

[usslsm51]

Nothing more than the Washington Post living up to its shoddy journalismf.

[chambley1]