It's no different than when Ted Koppel (howdy doody) of Nightline went to Viet Nam during the 2004 election to interview some old Viet Cong about the Hanoi John Kerry Swiftboat story. John O'Neil's words to Ted Koppel were something like....."Ted, what's wrong with you. You have been had by a bunch of communists".
Semper Fi'
Jarhead
People who have never been in combat seem to think they know the most about it. This is particulalry true of reporters.