by Bryan Zepp Jamison
http://www.mytown.ca/zepp
8/19/07
The New York Times, former cheerleader for the invasion of Iraq and a
failing newspaper still gamely committed to supporting a failed
occupation, ran a piece on its editorial page today that was written by
seven non-coms who just got back from a 15 month tour of duty in Iraq
with the 82nd Airborne Division. The piece, entitled “The War As We Saw
It” is authored by Buddhika Jayamaha, Wesley D. Smith, Jeremy Roebuck,
Omar Mora, Edward Sandmeier, Yance T. Gray and Jeremy A. Murphy. Most of
them are sergeants or staff sergeants.
http://www.truthout.org/docs_2006/081907A.shtml
Given that all seven are still on active duty, and presumably aren’t
interested in being court-martialed for what they wrote, they had to
step carefully, and not offend the administration. This made them a
perfect match for the New York Times, which also likes to step carefully
and not offend the administration.