An Account of Marines? Incredible Gestures

[charrison]

From Arabs News Embed reporter

People are curious about being embedded in the Marines. This is my effort to set the record straight. Some readers suspect I was subjected to propaganda while living with these men and women. There was no propaganda campaign. If there had been, there would have been no embeds. Journalists wrote their own stories, and made their own interview requests and interviews. The Marines? ?PAOs? (public affairs officers) would set up the meetings, but not oversee them.

What happened to the majority of journalists living the Marine life is that we experienced it from the inside. I can honestly say that seven weeks as an embed has changed me forever. And I have often found many similarities between Marines and Arabs.

Why? Let me give you a few examples, all of which deal with generosity of spirit.

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[Antoneo]

Great article, especially from the other side. God bless our troops.

 

[wnied]

Sweet Read, nice to see the truth printed for once.

~wnied~

 

[Kojak]

Good read and thanks for the article.

 

[conjur]

While colonels have told me, behind closed doors, of their concern for the US foreign policy in the Middle East. Other Marines have expressed skepticism for Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld and Deputy Secretary of Defense Paul Wolfowitz. This, I am told, are inside opinions that normally would not be heard off the base. Some tell me they hope these men will not be part of the second Bush administration. Almost all, however, trust President Bush. And Secretary of State Colin Powell.

Best part of the article, imo.

 

[Rogue]

I think it's a terrible misconception that our military members are a bunch of war mongering, brainless killing machines. Today's war fighters are smarter, more intelligent, better educated and better versed in world politics than their counterparts from decades past.