Arkin Sparks Some Controversy

Making the email rounds is this post by William Arkin, who blogs about national security at “Early Warning.” He’s also an NBC News Analyst. As of this writing it has generated 535 comments.

Some of the more controversial comments from his post, “The Troops Also Need to Support the American People.”

  • These soldiers should be grateful that the American public, which by all polls overwhelmingly disapproves of the Iraq war and the President’s handling of it, do still offer their support to them, and their respect.

  • Through every Abu Ghraib and Haditha, through every rape and murder, the American public has indulged those in uniform, accepting that the incidents were the product of bad apples or even of some administration or command order.

  • So,
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