Joe wrote earlier today about how Senator John Warner and the Pentagon are trying to Swift Boat Obama by claiming that the American soldier in Afghanistan, who complained about insufficient support from the Pentagon, doesn’t even exist. Only problem? NBC and ABC have interviewed the guy. But don’t let facts get in the way of the Pentagon’s and John Warner’s efforts to put another Republican in the White House. Here is what a Pentagon spokesman said about this:

NBC quoted Bush appointee/Pentagon flack Bryan Whitman: “I find that account pretty hard to imagine,” Pentagon spokesman Bryan Whitman told reporters. “Despite the stress that we readily acknowledge on the force, one of the things that we do is make sure that all of our units and service members that are going into harm’s way are properly trained, equipped and with the leadership to be successful,” he said.

Properly trained, equipped and with the leadership they need? Huh? On leadership, they had George Bush and Donald Rumsfeld – how did that work out for you? On equipment, we found out just this week that hundreds of Marines are dead and wounded because the Pentagon didn’t give them the armor they needed. Hell of a lot of nerve to make this claim the same week the Pentagon’s own study blames them for killing our own Marines.

And finally, there’s John Warner. You remember him, the guy heading up the Senate Armed Service Committee, doing no oversight whatsoever, while the Pentagon was killing our Marines, and refusing to give our injured troops the medical attention they needed at places like Walter Reed. John Warner’s negligence killed our troops and harmed our injured. He is the last person who should be talking about whether our troops are getting what they need.

The media needs to stop playing Republican-suck-up. This story has now been disproven. It’s time to do an analysis on why the Pentagon is lying in order to influence the elections, and how John Warner is the last person who should be trusted when it comes to the safety of our troops.