The military’s attempt to clamp down on milbloggers.

This is dumb, not just because of the free speech implications, but because they are shutting down the voices that could be the most important ones in support of the war. But even if not, it’s a violation of the values for which these soldiers (and other military personnel) are fighting. Of course no operational information should be blogged, but there’s no evidence that this has occurred. It sounds more like stupid bureaucracy to me (which is the story of the Bush administration, and of every administration). Of course, that’s the story of big government itself. Unfortunately, it’s not something that we can get around when it comes to making war.