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These talking head are driving me crazy.
They seem like such dolts. I'm sitting here watching the coverage and listening to them interview dozens of ex-military, foreign correspondents and such and they never ask basic questions that come to my mind.
Like why are they letting that Iraqi Minister of Information keep giving news conferences? The guy keeps saying that the there are no American troops anywhere near Baghdad even though we have tanks cruising the streets. There's a new Saddam tape every day. Why aren't they focusing on stopping that? Is there a point when an American or British general will address the Iraqi people? Or does somebody else do that? Does George Bush address the people?
Now that they've seized the airport what are the other key places they need to secure? What's the priority list? How do they administer the day to day operations of a city of 5 million? That's the size of Chicago. Who runs the police, courts, etc.? Not the political administration but the nitty gritty. That's big picture stuff and it's a long ways away.
I'm not expecting them to have answers to these right now but they're not even asking these things. We've been in Baghdad for 2+ days now. All they do is keep going over the Jessica Lynch story. It's a great story, I know. I'm happy for her and her family but there are 250,000 troops in the area. There are other stories.
I've been surfing between Fox News, CNBC, CNN, and MSNBC.
Like why are they letting that Iraqi Minister of Information keep giving news conferences? The guy keeps saying that the there are no American troops anywhere near Baghdad even though we have tanks cruising the streets. There's a new Saddam tape every day. Why aren't they focusing on stopping that? Is there a point when an American or British general will address the Iraqi people? Or does somebody else do that? Does George Bush address the people?
Now that they've seized the airport what are the other key places they need to secure? What's the priority list? How do they administer the day to day operations of a city of 5 million? That's the size of Chicago. Who runs the police, courts, etc.? Not the political administration but the nitty gritty. That's big picture stuff and it's a long ways away.
I'm not expecting them to have answers to these right now but they're not even asking these things. We've been in Baghdad for 2+ days now. All they do is keep going over the Jessica Lynch story. It's a great story, I know. I'm happy for her and her family but there are 250,000 troops in the area. There are other stories.
I've been surfing between Fox News, CNBC, CNN, and MSNBC.
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Originally posted by vmpaul: They seem like such dolts. I'm sitting here watching the coverage and listening to them interview dozens of ex-military, foreign correspondents and such and they never ask basic questions that come to my mind. Like why are they letting that Iraqi Minister of Information keep giving news conferences? The guy keeps saying that the there are no American troops anywhere near Baghdad even though we have tanks cruising the streets. There's a new Saddam tape every day. Why aren't they focusing on stopping that? Is there a point when an American or British general will address the Iraqi people? Or does somebody else do that? Does George Bush address the people? Now that they've seized the airport what are the other key places they need to secure? What's the priority list? How do they administer the day to day operations of a city of 5 million? That's the size of Chicago. Who runs the police, courts, etc.? Not the political administration but the nitty gritty. That's big picture stuff and it's a long ways away. I'm not expecting them to have answers to these right now but they're not even asking these things. We've been in Baghdad for 2+ days now. All they do is keep going over the Jessica Lynch story. It's a great story, I know. I'm happy for her and her family but there are 250,000 troops in the area. There are other stories. I've been surfing between Fox News, CNBC, CNN, and MSNBC. |
i give that iraqi guy another 3 days tops of having access to airing anything. his days are numbered. our special forces are targeting all their media outlets as we speak. he may stay alive, but his access to tv and satellite coverage won't
Some sort of browser problem wiped out my excelent post. Be thankful 
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well put! hehehe
Ted Koppel really is a robot...
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Originally posted by mixin visuals: i give that iraqi guy another 3 days tops of having access to airing anything. his days are numbered. our special forces are targeting all their media outlets as we speak. he may stay alive, but his access to tv and satellite coverage won't |
Did you see him today? He said all that footage of American tanks in Baghdad was made up!! He said it was staged. I kept thinking of that movie Capricorn One about how the moon landing was staged. I'm hoping to see a tank drive right through his backdrop in his next press conference.
He said he was going to take all the journalists there out to the airport tomorrow to show how they still had control of it. Ten bucks says he never goes near that place again.
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Originally posted by vmpaul: Did you see him today? He said all that footage of American tanks in Baghdad was made up!! He said it was staged. I kept thinking of that movie Capricorn One about how the moon landing was staged. |
C1 was Mars.
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Originally posted by Spheric Harlot: Mars. C1 was Mars. |
Mars, Moon, Iraq. Same difference.
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Originally posted by vmpaul: Mars, Moon, Iraq. Same difference. |
After we're done with Iraq, ya
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Originally posted by vmpaul: Did you see him today? He said all that footage of American tanks in Baghdad was made up!! He said it was staged. I kept thinking of that movie Capricorn One about how the moon landing was staged. I'm hoping to see a tank drive right through his backdrop in his next press conference. He said he was going to take all the journalists there out to the airport tomorrow to show how they still had control of it. Ten bucks says he never goes near that place again. |
and to think if they can't be honest about something as obvious as that airport, just imagine how honest they are being with the WMD