This is just a fatuous attempt to explain away their anti-American posturing which panders to their last five readers, all of whom must be looney leftists. Newspapers are on the way to extinction, and the attitude displayed in this article is the reason.
And take a look at this:
I think it's an indictment of Rumsfeld, who is portrayed as callous and inaccurate in his depiction of the Army and its soldiers. Whether that's fair to the defense secretary is a separate question.
Ah, evidently not, huh, Mr. Editor?
He's saying it's a fair indictiment, and doesn't really care to take the time to decide whether that is FAIR to Rumsfeld or not?