This article is treason and should be handled as such.
I disagree . What is treasoneous about this?
It does not give locations of bases or names of soldiers in the units. Just details about the hunt. This is important for the American people to know so they can be behind the effort. The American people do not hear much about the effort other than the death tolls from IED and suicide bombers. It seems like the enemy is winning when that is all we hear. To know some of the real stories give a sense of realism and immediancy that we can support. The American people want to hear about the effort to win this war.
There was a time when the "Times" was a publication we could all rely on. You learned about pay raises, promotions, etc., from the Times quicker then you did through channels. They also ran stories that were true to us, critical or non-critical, you believed them.
That changed a long time ago.
They were once published by the Military Times Publishing Company, which may still exist on paper, but is owned by Gannett (publishers of USA Today). When Gannett bought them out the editorial position of all of the papers veered left and the quality of the reporting took a nose dive.
The papers are mostly bought by career soldiers (sailors, Marines, etc), because the services do a lousy job of putting personnel info on their intranets, and you've always been able to see the War College selection list, the Master Sergeant promotions, the battalion command list, the new pay scales when there's a raise, etc. on the military times papers before the official word percolates down the chain.
But you're right that their editorial position is hard anti-war, insultingly anti-soldier, and pro-Democratic Party (but I repeat myself).
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