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)