Don't Go Into The Light

That's what the headline should be. But instead, we get:

US military newspapers to demand Rumsfeld's resignation

As if the military runs the papers and reflects the views of the troops. It does not, and yet the story has already found the most ignorant and gullible to prey on:

– The US military — every branch — is asking that Donald Rumsfeld be fired. Now. And so are the pro-military newspapers that serve them.

News to you folks: These are civilian papers. They are not written, edited, or published by the U.S. Military. Editorial content like this, this, this, and this are not reflective of the views of the actual military members that the papers are marketed to.

Instead of reading something into this story about the troops that simply isn't there, you should be asking instead why the premier publications marketed to a military audience is willfully trying to undermine the troops' chain of command. That's the real story. And if you missed it, then you just didn't want to see it.

Update: Bryan at Hot Air finds another gullible soul - though I think Sullivan is being gullible by choice.