Today's "They Just Don't Get It" award:

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090826/ap_on_re_eu/eu_journalists_afghanistan

Second paragraph in is where I got a nice chuckle:

"The federation said journalists seeking to travel under the protection of U.S. armed forces in Afghanistan may be screened first by an American public relations firm to see if their coverage portrays the military in a positive light."

No sh!t, really?  The guys covering your ass want to ensure you're not going to give aid and comfort to the people they're fighting.  Who'da thunk THAT one?

There are so many other hyperbolic lines uttered by folks who clearly don't understand what a war zone is that I'll not waste the bandwidth reposting them here.  Suffice it to say, no one is forcing these "outraged" journalists to use the very people they're asking for help.  If their intent were to "preserve democracy" and their actions so noble, they should go it alone.