OK. Really, they just lack military expertise. See here.

I’d like to think I wouldn’t have made this mistake, but I can’t say for sure. Nonetheless, I’m not publishing a nationally read newspaper.

It should be noted that there is a lot of discussion at the Hit and Run post about just how off the Times was and whether it even mattered. I’d like to think that precision and accuracy ought to matter to a paper with the Times’ readership. Heck, they ought to matter to any journalist period.

(Hat tip: Instapundit)