The problem is that Murtha has framed the story of the Marines with his expression cold blood
The WAPO helpfully went out and interviewed villagers who said the soldiers went on a ramapage.
Apparently it is SOP for Marines to go door to door after an IED attack.
I'm hoping this isn't as bad as it appears, but I don't trust our media to show any maturity, balance or restraint.
Is there any way that the Administration can ensure that their are risks involved for the media in their coverage of this as well?
No.
That is the frustrating answer to your question.
We are fighting another inssurgency right here..the MSM.
They don't play by any rules in reporting, they make it up and its not politically correct to hold them accountable.
I don't know how Bush does it, day after day.
No body want things like that to happen. But why keep exaggerating crimes committed by a minute minority who are going to get convicted and suppress all the very best done by our soldiers?
Last night A&E showed "Lima Company" again. One Marine described his feelings after seeing part of his company getting blown up by an IED, "I wanted to use my rifle. I wanted to shoot anyone I saw." He then went on to describe what he actually did do after that attack. In this media age our Marines have to be the most disciplined fighters in the history of warfare.