WP's gossip columnist almost led Iraq's army

Richard Leiby writes the "Reliable Source" column for the Washington Post. On Salon.com, he says: "Right after the fall of Baghdad, hundreds of desperate disbanded troops asked me -- a middle-aged journalist -- to give them jobs. That's when I knew everything was going terribly wrong... My very strange story ... never fails to amuse, bewilder and ultimately dishearten anyone who has ever wondered why combat that was supposed to end on May 1, 2003 -- you know, "Mission Accomplished" -- still rages with no end in sight." Link (via romanesko)