[My Dog Likes Me]

I watched the entire program and I found it extraordinarily moving. The commercials were in poor taste, for sure, but at least Nightline slowly moved into and out of the commercial breaks.

I know a lot of people here commented on the program and Koppel in very negative terms before the program even appeared. Here's part of what Koppel said at the close of the broadcast:

"The reading, tonight, of those 721 names was neither intended to provoke opposition to the war, nor was it meant as an endorsement.
Some of you doubt that. You are convinced that I'm opposed to the war. I am not. But that's beside the point.
I AM opposed to sustaining the illusion that war can be waged by the sacrifice of a few, without burdening the rest of us in any way."

Ted was with the Third ID on the drive to Baghdad. He got to know and love those guys. What he seems to be saying in his comments is that we need to reinstitute the draft. He did a good job tonight, folks.

[oceanview]

you are delusional. no offense intended. but you seem totally unaware of the real motives behind these people.

[oceanview]

he was with the third ID all right, reporting that the supply lines were bogged down while other embeds from Fox were telling a totally differernt story.

[Hillary's Lovely Legs]

I agree with you.

[faithincowboys]

Oh, I disagree profoundly. Those little CYA comments were only said because of the firestorm-- even lefty outlets thought the timing (During sweeps, 29th anniversarry of the fall of Saigon, same day as Kerry's Iraq speech and the day before the Anniverssarry of Bush's carrier landing),the exclusion of the Afghanistan dead and the inspiration -- a antiwar Life magazine issue during the Vietnam War-- all stunk to high heaven.

Koppel is a pro and he understands that what came before those throwaway comments at the end is all that matters. Koppel also knows that a draft is totally implausible and the War couldn't be sustained if one were instituted.

I think this was done badly. His being embedded w/ the 3rd ID hasn't changed any of his thinking. I remember his dispatches from Iraq being relentlessly pessimistic anyway.

Koppel is not a friend to the American military. His goals for this year are to get us resigned to failure in Iraq and to get John Kerry elected-- it's really simple!!!

[F16Fighter]

"I watched the entire program and I found it extraordinarily moving."

Well HELLO! Effective propaganda is supposed to be "moving."

Make no mistake -- this was a leftist media exercise in Psych-Ops for anti-Bush, anti-war Democrats, and One-Worlders.

At least the patently disingenuous Koppel and ABC haven't fooled most of us.