Originally Posted by
Hobbit64
Like the riveting video of the SEALs and Marines storming the beaches of somalia? I don't think the folks wading in from the surf wanted any part of it, but the political leadership wanted to look tough.
MISSION TO SOMALIA - TV Army on the Beach Took U.S. by Surprise - NYTimes.com
http://articles.latimes.com/1992-12-...rt-and-airport
Sometimes they do it to themselves.
"All week the Pentagon had encouraged press coverage of the Marine landing. Reporters were told when the landing would take place, and some television network correspondents were quietly advised where the marines would arrive so that they could set up their cameras."