We're the Military and Airpower Guys of Jonah Goldberg of National Review Online + a stray we found wandering around looking lost. All original material JHD, BHD, JR, WT, and KA 2003-2010 http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2008/04/outside_the_wir_1.html Thu, 21 Jan 2010 16:12:37 Z Movable Type 4.12 en Copyright 2010 http://www.rssboard.org/rss-specification [Kat] While at the VFF event on March 26, I noticed a man with a camera, filming and then later interviewing Hegseth and Bellavia. I thought he was with VFF. Later, as I was speaking to someone else, Hegseth interrupted and said, "this man has been to Doura". The man slid a DVD across the table and said it was a film about his time there. I had to go on, so I thanked him, put the DVD in my folder and left to meet with some others. Later, as I looked at the DVD, I realized that I had... http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2008/04/outside_the_wir_1.html http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2008/04/outside_the_wir_1.html Thu, 03 Apr 2008 00:27:55 -0600 I'd agree. They did ask the military about it and a Major there told them that it never happened, his forces did not attack the bus. Most importantly because they would not have used a "rocket" (RPG?) to do it (as Toby Nunn points out). I think this needs to get more play from folks because this goes on and on since the media wants to take everything the military says with a giant grain of salt (but the militias apparently, not so much) and they don't have the budget or desire to have someone with military experience fact check or add information. Most of the time I think the media just cuts and pastes various press releases from any group to get a story out. http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2008/04/outside_the_wir_1.html#comment-71544 http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2008/04/outside_the_wir_1.html#comment-71544 Thu, 03 Apr 2008 11:25:48 -0600 Perhaps if the WaPo spent less time sympathizing with militia thugs and more time fact checking they wouldn't make such egregious journalistic errors. http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2008/04/outside_the_wir_1.html#comment-71527 http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2008/04/outside_the_wir_1.html#comment-71527 Thu, 03 Apr 2008 01:41:15 -0600