Colonel McMaster versus Time Magazine

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The Adventures of Chester examines a recent Time article, "Chasing the Ghosts", in relation to what the troops are saying about operations in Iraq.

...We can start with the titles of the articles themselves. "Chasing the Ghosts" of course implies trying to catch something that is forever out of one's grasp. It of course reeks of drama, but not of a good kind, but of a tragic sort of failure. The other DOD headlines relfect the mundane manner in which the DOD assigns and tracks its news. These two documents should be pushed out to every media outlet possible, not just released on the Pentagon website. The headlines reflect that mentality...

Chester goes on from there evaluating the language and contextual differences in the information put forth by Time and by two Colonels - Col. HR McMaster being one.  Interestingly, Chester addresses Col. McMaster's ability to be objective in this battle.

[Colonel McMaster was featured in a previous Blackfive post.]

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Colonel McMaster versus Time Magazine

The Adventures of Chester examines a recent Time article, "Chasing the Ghosts", in relation to what the troops are saying about operations in Iraq.

...We can start with the titles of the articles themselves. "Chasing the Ghosts" of course implies trying to catch something that is forever out of one's grasp. It of course reeks of drama, but not of a good kind, but of a tragic sort of failure. The other DOD headlines relfect the mundane manner in which the DOD assigns and tracks its news. These two documents should be pushed out to every media outlet possible, not just released on the Pentagon website. The headlines reflect that mentality...

Chester goes on from there evaluating the language and contextual differences in the information put forth by Time and by two Colonels - Col. HR McMaster being one.  Interestingly, Chester addresses Col. McMaster's ability to be objective in this battle.

[Colonel McMaster was featured in a previous Blackfive post.]

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