BREAKING: Pentagon about to sign deal to broadcast Sean Hannity's right-wing radio show on Armed Forces Radio

Well, that didn't take long. It took forever for the Pentagon to finally accept having Ed Schultz's liberal radio show on the Armed Forces Radio as a counter to conservative Rush Limbaugh (and, from what I've heard, they still haven't started airing Schultz). Yet now, as soon as the Armed Forces Radio is finally approaching being fair and balanced, one openly-conservative show to one openly-liberal, they go off and try to sign Sean Hannity's ABC radio show to un-even the score.

(And let me make clear, by saying it's one to one, I'm being generous. Armed Forces Radio carries Limbaugh, "Dr." Laura, and religious right freak James Dobson as well. I didn't see any obvious lefties on their entire line-up.)

I can't disclose my source on this. You're just going to have to trust me.

Now, it's possible the Armed Forces Radio network - more aptly called the American Forces Network Broadcast Center - is planning to bring Hannity on board and balance his show with a second liberal show, say something from Air America would be nice. But I've not heard anything definitive about that. All I know is that it sure looks like the Pentagon, once again, may be trying to propagandize to our troops with a Republican message at the expense of giving them both sides of the story.

Again, perhaps the Pentagon is about to seek the rights to Air America's broadcasts as well, and that would be quite smart of them, and in that case, I'd have no objection to them getting Hannity too, to even things out. But as it currently stands, it's looking very 2-1, conservative to liberal, at Armed Forces Radio, and that isn't right. Especially after they were more than happy to have zero liberal commentators to balance Limbaugh for all these years.

Propagandizing the Iraqis is one thing, but don't our troops deserve to hear from all sides, even those troops who just so happen to be Democrats? Or aren't Democrats in uniform as American as the rest of our troops?

PS To give you a sense of how hard it is for liberals, but apparently not conservatives, to get on the Armed Forces Network, check this out. (Schultz was subsequently told his show would run, but it still has yet to appear.)