Nice. I love this kind of engaging, tackling, and adjusting in the New Media!

Jeremiah on January 23, 2007 at 3:10 pm

Although Martha Raddatz (Putnam) seems to think, perhaps justly, that her book isn’t an ‘anti-War “expose”‘, all too often I’ve heard the MSM and by extension liberals try and use the troops and the idea of their hardships to try and demoralize the American people. You know the type. The ones who howl about the administration not letting them take pictures of flag-draped coffins.
Couldn’t you just picture turning on C-SPAN and-low and behold-there’s non other than Teddy Kennedy warming up on the Senate floor and behind him stands a huge 4X6 poster board with the cropped image of red, white, and blue, flag-draped coffins, as he give his daily rant consisting of denouncing the war in Iraq, calling it a “quagmire,” calling it “Bush’s Vietnam” while [exploiting]-I mean supporting-the troops but just not supporting their mission. Baaarrrfff…
Anyway, Martha Raddatz’s book may be just what she described to you and if that’s the case, kudos to Martha, but I just don’t trust her or the liberal media when they say things like, “…incredibly brave US soldiers, and the families who support them stateside.”
Too many times their idea of “incredibly brave soldiers” are those who are deserters or who go awol and then from a foreign country, usually Canada, decides to denounce the Commander and Chief and the Iraq war as an illegal and unjust War.
Or when they use phrases like “families who support them stateside,” all too often brings us the likes of Cindy Sheehan. The “mother” of all stateside support, in the MSM’s eye’s.
So be very, very careful when you decide to throw your proverbial support behind anyone in the MSM who says they are with the troops. Remember their idea of being “with the troops” is sabotaging their mission so they can then be brought home humiliated. Too hell with victory, just bring them home.

AndyB on January 23, 2007 at 3:59 pm

Any time I see either of the Zogby brothers on tv pontificating about how U.S. policies are unfair to the poor palestinians/hezbos/any arab/ fill in the blank, or how low Bush is in the polls, it’s an automatic channel change in disgust.

CarpeDiem on January 24, 2007 at 10:48 am

To Jeremiah and any others who doubt the comments Martha Raddatz has made about her book…I have read her book and my husband is one of the soldiers mentioned in her book. I can verify for her that this book is supportive of the soldiers and their families and we have all willingly been inteviewed for this book. Martha has been very supportive of the troops and has put herself in harms way more than once to get the true story and picture of war. I found it to be a very thorough and accurate description of the unrelenting bravery of our military, the hell our soldiers go through during combat, and the emotional strain that the families back home endure. The book is very well written and should appeal to a variety of audiences, both male and female. It is important for the American public to fully understand what going to war means for our military and its families, as well as the sacrifices that are made and Martha Raddatz has captured this impeccably in her book.

army wife on February 12, 2007 at 3:25 pm

To AndyB and any others who doubt the comments Martha Raddatz has made about her book…I have read her book and my husband is one of the soldiers mentioned in her book. I can verify for her that this book is supportive of the soldiers and their families and we have all willingly been inteviewed for this book. Martha has been very supportive of the troops and has put herself in harms way more than once to get the true story and picture of war. I found it to be a very thorough and accurate description of the unrelenting bravery of our military, the hell our soldiers go through during combat, and the emotional strain that the families back home endure. The book is very well written and should appeal to a variety of audiences, both male and female. It is important for the American public to fully understand what going to war means for our military and its families, as well as the sacrifices that are made and Martha Raddatz has captured this impeccably in her book.

army wife on February 12, 2007 at 3:27 pm