Another example of the NY Times skewing a story into an anti military piece

Jack Kelly:

My post Monday on Col. Spoehr's difficulties

with the New York Times has generated more comments than any other post I've made since I began the blog, and the column I wrote on the subject (which you can find here) has generated a similar response, being mentioned by Instapundit, PowerLine, and the Anchoress.

It also generated this email, from a soldier serving overseas:

Mr. Kelly -

Re: the NY Times, I had a couple similar experiences to COL Spoehr's. Before I got mobilized (I'm deployed as we speak), a friend referred a NY Times stringer to me to help locate a soldier being mobilized. I helpfully provided a few examples, adding that mobilization was difficult, but the troops were managing.

That ain't what the stringer wanted to hear.

She asked if I knew someone who was having a hard time being mobilized, someone whose life was being seriously disrupted by mobilization.

Well, no. Since 9/11, we reservists had pretty much assumed our time would come and most of us had made the necessary preparations. It was never easy, but I did not (and still do not) know anyone whose life was being ruined by mobilization.

Well, that ended that conversation.

But apparently the NYT found what it was looking for, because I read later about reservists whose lives were - surprise! - wrecked by mobilization. Somehow, the series on responsible reservists who planned for when their county called them to fulfill their obligations got past me.

It is easy to see why the NY Times is likely to miss any good news on the war.

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