Romenesko

Green Bay Press-Gazette
"I think they were watching the movie 'Patton' when they should have been watching 'The Battle of Algiers' about urban insurgency," says David Halberstam. "I'm a Vietnam-era journalist. I think most journalists were appalled as we moved toward war in Iraq. The worst mistake this administration made was not about weapons of mass destruction. It was the administration's view that we'd be welcomed as the great liberator."