Two days ago, William M. Arkin, the Washington Post‘s national and homeland security blogger, wrote a column that accused American troops of being ingrates, mercenaries, rapists, murders, and just about every other nasty thing he could think of, all because a few soldiers told NBC News that the American people weren’t supporting them if they weren’t supporting their mission. The original post set off an absolute firestorm in the blogosphere, which was surely the intent of the author–he couldn’t have written a more provocative column. Now Arkin has dug his heels in with a follow-on post. You really have to read Arkin’s stuff to believe it. Pathetically, he plays the victim card.