Milbloggers on WaPo series: Broken system, biased report
Michelle Malkin

I gave my opinion about the WaPo series on the mess at Walter Reed this morning. Here's some diverse feedback from milbloggers and readers:

Smash:

It is the primary duty of every military leader to make certain that the basic needs of his troops are being met. Clearly, somebody at Walter Reed dropped the ball. I'd like to sincerely thank Dana Priest and Anne Hull for bringing these unfortunate conditions to light...

...I have to wonder, however, at the motives of these reporters. They say they worked on this story for four months. Why didn't they approach the officials at Walter Reed as soon as they learned of these unsanitary conditions? Was getting this "scoop" really more important than improving the living conditions of these soldiers?

People, right there's why all I gave Michelle's earlier post was a Bill's Nibbles link.  I've been dealing with the VA medical system for over three years now and there's nothing so bad I wouldn't believe it about them.  (I don't have any major complaints about the Marion, IL hospital or the Evansville, IN clinic, other than the fact they keep rescheduling and postponing appointment because of doctors leaving the system, but the Dallas hospital is a very unfunny joke and the downtown St Louis hospital is worse.) On the other hand, never think you have the whole story just because you've read what al-WaPo has to say about something. Michelle's post (Read the whole thing and follow the links) goes on:

Continue reading ""Taking care of the troops" -- The rest of the story"

Contributed by Bill Faith on February 21, 2007 at 01:12 AM in Caring about our troops | Permalink

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