David Barstow discusses one way via which the Bush Administration "sold" the Iraq War…the use of allegedly impartial "military analysts." Turns out a lot of them just regurgitated White House-issued talking points and a lot of them were fronting for defense contractors looking for that next big contract. Anyone surprised by this? Didn't think so.
The article, by the way, appears in The New York Times. I'm still waiting for the article about how a lot of the same bogus talking points were spread and afforded credibility by The New York Times.