Fox News et al. Did Their Damndest to Spin This

and make it look like some scheming liberal reporter fed the unpatriotic question to some naive soldier, but

"Soldier Says He Asked Rumsfeld Armor Question Without Aid of Embed

Spc. Thomas Wilson says that he came up with the now famous armor question for Pentagon chief Donald Rumsfeld on his own, without the help of oft-criticized reporter Edward Lee Pitts. And he adds, 'If this is my 15 minutes of fame, I hope it saves a life.'

After his convoy arrived at Camp Arijan in Kuwait, Wilson found hundreds of fully armored vehicles promised to another unit months down the road [emphasis mine]. Wilson says he asked if the 278th could use them in the meantime, and was told no. That inspired his question about the shortage of armor, which he showed to Pitts.

The reporter, far from being the protagonist, suggested that he find 'a less brash way of asking the question,' but Wilson 'told him no, that I wanted to make my point very clear.'

Wilson says he also came up with three alternate questions on his own.

As for Rumsfeld's brusque response -- that even a fully armored vehicle 'Can be blown up'-- Wilson says, 'Personally, I didn't like that answer.'"

Especially since it's Wilson, not Rummy the compassionate, who could be blown up.
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