Phil Carter, who writes Intel Dump, is headed to Iraq:

Heading Downrange

On Thursday, I received orders from the Army mobilizing me for Operation Iraqi Freedom. These orders followed an earlier set, cut on Tuesday, which transferred me from the Army’s individual ready reserve into the 101st Airborne Division. It’s an honor and privilege to deploy with such a storied unit — a band of warriors who have nearly all deployed at least once since 9/11. I’m scheduled to report for active duty in a little under 3 weeks to Fort Campbell, Kentucky. After some period of pre-deployment training and preparation, I will deploy with my unit to Iraq.

And how does the New York Times act when Carter writes an op-ed piece for them?

The Op-Ed page in some copies of Wednesday’s newspaper carried an incorrect version of the below article about military recruitment. The article also briefly appeared on NYTimes.com before it was removed. The writer (Carter - ed.), an Army reserve officer, did not say, “Imagine my surprise the other day when I received orders to report to Fort Campbell, Ky., next Sunday,” nor did he characterize his recent call-up to active duty as the precursor to a “surprise tour of Iraq.” That language was added by an editor and was to have been removed before the article was published. Because of a production error, it was not. The Times regrets the error.

Pretty hilarious, huh? Do editors in New York offices usually make fun of people risking their life in the service of this country? Or was Carter’s case just especially funny to them?

One gets the sense it’s the former.

[the SoCal connection: Carter went to UCLA law school after his military service and is now an associate at a Los Angeles law firm]

[Hat tip: Instapundit]

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Update 1: The NYT public editor attempted to explain this incident here. Many readers were not satisifed.

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