May 8, 2008 - Who should we blame for retired military men getting themselves hired by TV networks to be talking head cheerleaders for "progress" in Iraq? The Pentagon? The media? Our elected officials and presidential wanabees? The public?

I think my friend Steven Aftergood has it just about right. Here's what he told me:

"It is unrealistic to expect the Pentagon to do anything other than to advance its own…