Cursor's Media Patrol - 10/14/05

"Now that Mr. Bush's approval ratings are in the 30’s, we're hearing about his coldness and bad temper, about how aides are afraid to tell him bad news," writes Paul Krugman. "Does anyone think that journalists have only just discovered these personal characteristics?"

Knight Ridder's Tom Lasseter says his week spent with "a crack unit of the Iraqi army ... suggests that the [U.S. exit] strategy is in serious trouble," as "the mostly Shiite troops are preparing for, if not already fighting, a civil war against the minority Sunni population." Plus: 'Fear and loathing in militia hell.'

The Washington Post reports that the Army has identified over 330 soldiers wounded in Iraq or Afghanistan who have returned home, only to be hit by 'Financial Friendly Fire.'