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As most of you have read or seen by now, a journalist and NBC/MSNBC media consultant named William “Bill” Arkin has created quite a stir by viciously insulting American soldiers in Iraq. He wrote at his Washington Post blog, “Early Warning: William M. Arkin on National and Homeland Security” column (1/30/07), that “… this NBC (Nightly News) report is just an ugly reminder of the price we pay for a mercenary - oops sorry, volunteer force that thinks it is doing the dirty work” re Iraq. The “report,” according to Arkin, featured “a number of soldiers (who) expressed frustration with...

At approximately 5:20 PM Sacramento time, I listened to the local newscasters on KFBK AM Radio interview ABC News military analyst Ivan Scott. He proceeded to give me and all the listeners a preview of the next media attack on the cabinet members of the Bush Administration! I'm not quoting, but he implied that his inside sources are telling him that the Ashcroft press conference didn't disclose any new information and that they believe it was nothing but a "turf war" between the Attorney General and the Department of Homeland Security as to who is really running the war on...