In the latest article entitled "Anatomy of a Revolt" from Newsweek, Evan Thomas and John Barry attribute a quote incorrectly to General Zinni:
The old generals can be quite biting about Rumsfeld; retired Marine Gen. Anthony Zinni wrote an op-ed calling the secretary of Defense "incompetent strategically, operationally, and tactically."
In fact, it was General Paul Eaton who wrote those words in his New York Times op-ed:
In sum, he has shown himself incompetent strategically, operationally and tactically, and is far more than anyone else responsible for what has happened to our important mission in Iraq. Mr. Rumsfeld must step down.
Given that the Newsweek article breaks very little ground in the reporting other than repeating the obvious deduction that some of this is payback for the war in Iraq, I am left to wonder how much research went into this article.
I am hoping the error in the article is a copy-editing error and not an error caused by faulty reporting. However, the lack of original reporting in the remainder of the article does not give me great confidence.
You suck.