"Where I complain from is irrelevant, but it is part of my tax dollars paying the salaries of these men as well as their armaments. A United Sates Soldier should meet the highest of standards of deportment. Those who complain in the public forum put us all at risk by showing our enemies divisiveness and weakness."
Blame Rumsfeld and the Pentagon leadership for inviting tv cameras along. It is the leadership which is responsible for all these problems with embedded "journalists", and their portrayal of the effort.
It is not the fault of the troops. It's not their job when they are in Falluja to put on a show for the camera. And, this was probably their only chance to voice a concern to Rumsfeld.
It is HIS fault that he invited cameras along. HE should know better. 19yo kids in the military aren't responsible for saving the Pentagon leadership from its own mistakes.