The lengthy article, "Courting Ex-Officers Tied To Military Contractors", by David Barstow in today's NY Times shouldn't surprise us at this point in time. It is simply one more instance of man's greed and an administration's attempt to manipulate us.
The greed is manifested by the ex-military experts who offer "experienced" analysis of the Iraq War on TV and other arms of the media. Most of these people spend the other part of their life trying to convince the Pentagon to give their companies contracts. And there are rather a few companies that employ these experts, the Times estimates over 150 companies. Yet, these experts, by and large, have not disclosed these ties to the network executives, forget about disclosing these ties on the air.
While this administration has had a hard time doing most things right, they have mounted a rather sophisticated effort to coach the experts and track the results of the experts' analyses. The experts have been treated to lunch with Rumsfeld and his court, been flown (at our expense) to Guantanamo, Iraq and other places and been showered with talking points.
The article is filled with numerous instances that will make your blood boil. At the start of this post is a photo of one of the meetings with Rumsfeld.
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