Jack Kelly: Unspinning the NY Times military mendacity

Let me see if I have this straight? Colonel Thomas Spoehr told a New York Times reporter about some amazing improvements in body armor for our troops - and the reporter decided that the story wasn't that we'd found ways to improve the vests to defend against a potential threat before it emerged and were cranking out the improved versions in record time (the specs were set in January, and delivery began in March!)? NY Times reporter Michael Moss decided the story was that not all troops had the newest vests yet?? That not everything is proceeding perfectly?? That's the news??

Jack Kelly, writing at Jewish World Review, has what the New York Times missed. Amazing stuff.

It gets worse. I've just looked at the New York Times article from August 14. (Printer-friendly version here.) (Regular version here.) Mr. Moss thought it a good idea to not only moan about imperfection, but to publicize where the bottlenecks are in the production process and to note which companies make the special fiber needed for the vests, etc. Sheesh. Maybe he'd like to go paint a target on a building or something, so the bad guys don't waste their time trying to guess where they can do the most damage with the least effort.

hat tip: Bookworm Room