Politics: Our Military Infrastructure at Work

Robert Scheer at the LA Times put together some of the first stateside reporting on the farcical rescue of Pvt. Lynch, bringing the BBC's reporage to the dozens of Americans who still give a sh*t. In today's column, Scheer notes how the Pentagon responded, in addition to the usual slimebuckets like Fox News:

A fiery and disingenuous response from the Pentagon, however, was quite a bit more sobering.

Calling the column a "tirade," Assistant Secretary of Defense for Public Affairs Victoria Clarke wrote in a letter to The Times that "Scheer's claims are outrageous, patently false and unsupported by the facts."

"Official spokespeople in Qatar and in Washington, as well as the footage released, reflected the events accurately," the Pentagon letter continued. "To suggest otherwise is an insult and does a grave disservice to the brave men and women involved."

Actually, what is a grave disservice is manipulating a gullible media with leaked distortions from unnamed official sources about Lynch's heroics in battle. That aside, it would have been easier to rebut the Pentagon if its spokeswoman had actually questioned any of the facts the BBC or this column reported. In particular, the Pentagon turned down the request by the BBC and other media to view the full, unedited footage of the rescue.

You know, Stalin could have learned a lot from these people. You don't need to go back and change history later if you never let the real thing get out in the first place.