Katie Couric in Iraq - Part III

NRO ^ | September 6, 2007 | W. Thomas Smith Jr.

[AlbertoMG]

After listening to Assad’s nonsense, CBS’s chief correspondent in Iraq, Lara Logan, reports on “Iraq’s most secret and elite warriors … Iraq’s version of America’s top counterterrorism unit, Delta Force,” she says.

Hardly.

Granted, there is no question in terms of skill level, Iraqi special operations forces are well above their regular Iraqi army counterparts. But to suggest they are the equivalent of Delta Force commandos – the U.S. Army’s equivalent of Navy SEALs from the DevGru community – is simply not so.

[q_an_a]

I don’t put much stock in the Laura Logans of the world’s press, but it was a Delta Force officer making the claim of their quality not the “green at the giles” reporter.

[AlbertoMG]

Ah, read the article.

[q_an_a]

Actually I saw the video, and I thought the article was not a true representation of the facts on the ground - as presented by our military guys.

[AlbertoMG]

No apparently you didn't read the article because you said The reporter Logan *did* make the claim and so *did* the officer. The writer of the article pointed the comments of both of them out. That's my point and that's why I know you didn't read the article.

[AlbertoMG]

Made a mistake in my previous post -——

Meant to say —— No apparently you didn’t read the article because you said “I don’t put much stock in the Laura Logans of the world’s press, but it was a Delta Force officer making the claim of their quality not the “green at the giles” reporter”.
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The reporter Logan *did* make the claim and so *did* the officer. The writer of the article pointed the comments of both of them out.
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That’s my point and that’s why I know you didn’t read the article.

[q_an_a]

thanks for your post

[PGalt]

Insignificant.