Great stuff
Here’s just the first comment from Amazon —
I, too, do NOT want to buy this book in its censored (redacted) version. Who is the Defense Dept to tell us (AMERICAN CITIZENS) what books we CANNOT have? They had the ability to review this book with both the author and his publisher BEFORE it was printed. Where, in the Defense budget, does it allow the Pentagon to purchase ALL 10,000 copies of a press run? What will they do, distribute them to the troops or burn them all? The US government sure looks fool-hardy and desperate in its attempt to abort FREEDOM OF THE PRESS. If St. Martin’s Press is smart, it will sell the books to Secretary of Defense Robert Gates and have them all shipped to his home. Then, go ahead and PRINT SOME MORE for the rest of us. The American people deserve to see what’s in this book for themselves!
And again, all comments are exactly like this, but here’s one more
When I first heard that the Pentagon was wanting to buy up every copy of the first printing of this book and THEN force changes in subsequent editions, I was simply stunned that a part of the American government would want or even be permitted to, essentially, organize a government sponsored book burning. I immediately came here to Amazon to buy a copy, although it is being listed as “Out of Stock”. Now, I can only hope that Amazon will serve its customers needs rather than assisting our government to censor this book and send us our copies as ordered and paid for. If I can only get a censored copy, I will not accept it and will return it to Amazon for a full refund. That would cost them more than they would make from selling the first printing to us. I will also have to seriously reevaluate my use of Amazon for future book purchases.
Amazon, PLEASE do NOT faciliate our government’s continued decline away from transparency and the First Amendment.
Rhys M. Blavier
Romayor, Texas