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"They didn't want to talk to us."
John G. sends this article by Mona Charen who speaks to a Marine Sergeant about the press. This pretty much sums up what I've heard from friends over the last year:
...One Marine, Sgt. Todd Bowers, who did two tours in Iraq, described the attitude of many press types. "They didn't want to talk to us." Why? I asked. "Because we were gung-ho for the mission." Bowers, who was saved from grievous injury when a bullet lodged in the sight of his rifle (a sight his father had purchased for him), is chary about the press...
Be sure to read the whole thing.
November 25, 2005 • Permalink
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