Fact Checking Fiction
I rarely ever read jingoblogs (known to most as “milblogs”), but I took the time to check out an applinked post over at Blackfive, which according to MM is “good advice for Murtha about what to say about Haditha that should be used by every pol in Washington.”
I left the following comment there last night:
Could you clear something up for me?
In the speech, you had Murtha stating, “I didn’t agree with the invasion of Iraq,” yet he voted in support of the force resolution.
Although he changed his mind in a remarkable fashion, I’m sure his vote was a measured one, and that he believed (at the time) that giving the President all options was the best one.
I have yet to receive a simple “thank you” for fact checking their fiction.
It is interesting/sad that the only militarily associated folks that the MM posse will condemn are decorated war heros who don’t toe their hawkish line. The military are held as saints unless they take a position opposed to them and their arm-chair war.
Comment by skippy — May 31, 2006 @ 11:10 pm
Auguste, she never seems to thank you. She is a ruthless, unappreciative immigrant who seems to live in quite a glass house.
Comment by Adorable Girlfriend — June 1, 2006 @ 12:41 pm
Sorry, that comment was for Ryan.
:)
Comment by Adorable Girlfriend — June 1, 2006 @ 12:42 pm