on Strategypage.com

by Austin Bay  November 15, 2006

Iraqis haven't forgotten the aftermath of Desert Storm.  Shia Arabs and Kurds throughout Iraq rose up against Saddam's tyranny anticipating liberation. Instead, they got a dose of so-called Realpolitik -- mass murder and a return to dictatorship.

Pity any American military commander tasked with overseeing a post-Saddam Baghdad.  U.S. and allied forces liberating Iraq will attempt -- more or less simultaneously -- to end combat operations, cork public passions, disarm Iraqi battalions, bury the dead, generate electricity, pump potable water, bring law out of embittering lawlessness, empty jails of political prisoners, pack jails with criminals, turn armed partisans into peaceful citizens, re-arm local cops who were once enemy infantry, shoot terrorists, thwart chiselers, carpetbaggers and black-marketeers, fix sewers, feed refugees, patch potholes and get trash trucks rolling, and accomplish all this under the lidless gaze of Peter Jennings and Al-Jazeera.

Read COL Bay's articles at austinbay.com.

The Military and The Media 5

Here's another one for the "yeh right" school."

Film Producer Oliver Stone accusses Hollywood of promoting war.

Murtha Says He's not to Blame 

Associated Press | January 06, 2006 

WASHINGTON - Rep. John Murtha says the military is blaming him for a recruitment slump instead of recognizing mistakes that have led to an enlistment shortage.

TMTM #4

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Originally published on 19 September 2001 in emagazine Suite101.

Title:  Hollywood and Those "Special" Guys (and Gals)

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Military News Results for June 2006

In Military.com

Essay

My Lunch With Janice Karpinski

by Armed Liberal at May 16, 2006 07:06 AM

Joe Katzman

Next session – George Crile and Charlie Wilson’s War

I would like to leave you with the music of Alex Beaton, “Hey Johnnie Cope.�

Haditha, and what is says about us.

by Dr. Demarche

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Dr Demarche's diagnosis: Face the truth, do what is right.

Welcome to The Military and The Media Minute.  Produced by The Hollywood Military Advisor in cooperation with L&M Productions.  www.hmaguy.org and hmaguy@hmaguy.org

Taking no sides and taking no prisoners, The Military and The Media Minute is a companion piece to The Military and The Media podcast wherein The Hollywood Military Advisor looks at current media articles and how they effect and are affected by the military.

Taking examples from Reason Online, StrategyPage, Christian Science Monitor, and Ainâ??t It Cool News and many other sources, in one minute we take a look at how the current US entertainment and news media looks at our military.

So, sit back.  Relax.  And give a listen to The Military and The Media Minute.

TMTM #3

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Originally published on 19 September 2001 in emagazine Suite101.

Title:  The Next Afghan War

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Published on April 12, 2006 in Military.com

Ex-generals Show Some Spine

Joe Galloway

Essay

Published April 17, 2006 issue of New York Magazine

Missions Accomplished - If the public is wary of the real-life war, why are viewers eating up shows about a gung-ho military?

By Adam Sternbergh

Next session � The love affair between Hollywood and those �special boys and girls.�

I would like to leave you with the music of Alex Beaton, �Twa Recruiting Sergeants.�