Why am I not surpised?

The Administration is now on an information offensive in Iraq and secretly paying Iraqi newspapers to publish propaganda written by U.S. Army personnel. This kind of pollution of the principles of democracy --- and democracy is what this Administration touts that it is teaching in Iraq --- has far-reaching effects beyond the borders of Iraq. While U.S. law prohibits planting propaganda in U.S. media outlets, the global nature of the media business can cause some of this garbage to seep into the mainstream U.S. media. After all, that is a long-time practice of the neoconservatives. I don't expect the Administration to be ashamed, but members of the U.S. Army should be. When one wears the cloth of their country, one's conduct should be of the highest integrity. Kudos to the LA Times.