I posted this earlier, but am afraid we were distracted by the walkability issue. So excuse my posting this again. Virtually everything reported in this article is unconstitutional, illegal, and unethical. Sober up!I wrote: "A stellar piece of investigative journalism by David Barstow on how the Pentagon sold the war in Iraq and has continued to sell it, including on the Timess own op-ed page. The sell includes those distinguished retired military men who turn up as military analysts on network and cable news shows, who have been 'briefed' by the Pentagon, taken to Iraq, Guantanamo, etc., and most of whom are seriously into the military contracting business. Incredible."And let me add: Do not miss the media'sfailure to enforce their own conflict-of-interest rules!http://www.nytimes.com/2008/04/20/washington/20generals.html?ei=5070&en=0bbccd0a3fa119ec&ex=1209441600&pagewanted=allUpdate: more on the military, the media, and mendacity; elsewhere people have commented on how little attention the Times story has gotten from TV. Thank goodness, we're paying attention. Here is Glenn Greenwald with some observations. http://www.salon.com/opinion/greenwald/2008/04/23/brown/index.html?source=newsletter