I can't say I'm surprised by this New York Times article depicting Bush Administration and Pentagon efforts to, essentially, build a propaganda machine aimed at convincing Americans to support the war in Iraq. Ex-military officers turned TV analysts have been pushing administration talking points in a concerted and organized effort.

Anyone who has read Orwell has to find this mildly troubling, to say the least:

"Measured in blood and treasure, the war in Iraq has achieved the status of a major war and a major debacle," said a new report issued not by some peacenik outfit but by the National Defense University press, which is basically a Pentagon think tank. The author, Joseph J. Collins, is a former Army colonel who has taught at West Point.

From the New York Times: