Why Robert...Why????

I've had my dust ups with ARES Blog.  I've found that on one particular issue they appear to be biased, and seem to have spun facts.

I thought the bias rested with only one author.

I was wrong.

Check out this story by Robert Wall.

The U.S. Marine Corps has gotten a lot of attention for its MV-22 mission, this year, to rescue one of two downed F-15 pilots when the fighter went down in Libya owing to mechanical problems.

But the U.S. Air Force Special Operations Command (AFSOC), not as publicity hungry or savy, has quietly carried out a far more significant search and rescue mission using its tiltrotor.

Seriously?

I mean seriously?

No, what I really mean is WHAT THE FUCK!

Lets look at the facts first, and I highly recommend that you read the whole story, but Robert reports that the AFSOC used the CV-22 to rescue personnel stuck in difficult conditions.

What difficult conditions means is beyond me.  Snow bound?  Under fire?  An injured man that needed evacuation due to a non combat related cause?  We just don't know and he doesn't say.

But to compare the rescue of service personnel under any circumstance as being more important is STUPID.

To say that the Marine Corps sought this publicity is equally insane and lastly that bit of speculation on the reporters part does nothing to advance the story but only shows his anti- Marine Corps feelings.   This last part is equally telling.

Next year, AFSOC will also be the first to stand up an overseas V-22 base, when CV-22s will be based at RAF Mildenhall, U.K.

Not only has the reporter not done his homework, not only has he introduced another non-factor into the story, but he again reveals his anti- Marine Corps bias.  How?  Because the USMC recently announced that it was going to station MV-22's in Japan.  That covers the bias part, he's playing tit for tat with V-22 basing---perhaps it was a birdie put in his ear by the non-publicity seeking AFSOC.  How did he not do his homework?  Because he is showering AFSOC with praise when SecDef Gates just announced that the US will be realigning its forces to the Pacific!  AFSOC is showing that its stuck in cold war thinking by putting necessary assets in the UK when we are moving forces (ground forces anyway) out of Europe.

I've been patient, but this kind of thing pushes me over the top.  Get a grip guys!

Want a completely opposite view of the same briefing that Robert reported on?  Check out the DewLine.