] People are curious about being embedded in the Marines.
] This is my effort to set the record straight. Some
] readers suspect I was subjected to propaganda while
] living with these men and women. There was no propaganda
] campaign. If there had been, there would have been no
] embeds. Journalists wrote their own stories, and made
] their own interview requests and interviews. The
] Marines%u2019 %u201CPAOs%u201D (public affairs officers)
] would set up the meetings, but not oversee them.
]
] What happened to the majority of journalists living the
] Marine life is that we experienced it from the inside. I
] can honestly say that seven weeks as an embed has changed
] me forever. And I have often found many similarities
] between Marines and Arabs.

ArabNews: An Account of Marines' Incredible Gestures