Pentagon undercounts number of US troops killed since 9/11attacks
Posted by RawStory.com Headlines:
The Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff dramatically underestimated the number of deaths of US Armed Service-members in the Iraq War. The gaffe came as General Peter Pace appeared on CBS News Monday morning to discuss Memorial Day.
(from: Memorial Day: Pentagon General undercounts number of US troops killed since 9/11attacks)
The crime here is Harry Smith’s. How can anyone who calls himself a journalist let a Pentagon buffoon get away with this? Could he have been unfamiliar with the actual numbers? I doubt it, and if so, he is incompetent. Either way, he is not doing his job.
Oh, and I should add, I’m not the least bit surprised by this.
