Stockholm syndrome -- the situation where a hostage actually starts hoping the Bad Guys win. This reporter (a BUSINESS reporter for the Globe!) seems to feel that he was a victim of this syndrome when he started feeling warm thoughts toward American soldiers.
Stockholm syndrome -- the situation where a hostage actually starts hoping the Bad Guys win. This reporter (a BUSINESS reporter for the Globe!) seems to feel that he was a victim of this syndrome when he started feeling warm thoughts toward American soldiers. IF you grant his preconceptions -- that his embeddedness makes him an Authority on the War, and that "Journalists Aren't Supposed to Differentiate Between Good And Bad" -- then you'd have to agree with his comment.
The guy got to do an amazing thing -- but as I said above, he was reporting on men and battles, not The War. Once he realizes that, his angst should dissipate.