The Damage Caused by Lies By Michael Tanji

Unless you have been living under a rock for the last several days, you are no doubt aware of the Shock Troops story published at the New Republic as well as the corresponding Fact or Fiction article in the Weekly Standard. Wrapping all of this controversy up is the related blogswarm, which is addressed by more milblogs than can be captured here. I will save you some time though and gist the general consensus about Shock Troops from anyone who has worn the uniform in recent history: its bunk.

(In the interest of full disclosure it is important to note that your author has written for the Weekly Standard, which in the minds of some colors this commentary slightly red. It is left to the readers to determine if this is a political piece or one focused simply on issues related to reason.)

It is no secret that readers of the New Republic are not fans of the war. They are exercising their right to say so, but they do not have the right to perpetrate frauds and disseminate slander in order to bolster their arguments. “All is fair in love and war,” but that does not extend to war correspondence, at least not responsible correspondence.

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