[CyberAnt]

Rumsfeld just said today - no ceasefires - no pauses.

This could turn out to be like the last Reuters story (a 4-6 day pause); and all the stories about no food, no water. What this could be is ONE PERSON who made a statement, and it's picked up as gospel. Somebody could have said, "what do you want us to do, wait 30 days". And ... the reporters are off saying that we're going to wait 30 days.

I think we should all just cool it and wait for the info to come down from the top - and not the press.

[AnAmericanMother]

Agreed.

This is just sharp-end scuttlebutt - which you get in every war. The rumors that run up and down have always been wild - my dad used to tell me about some of the outrageous stories that circulated among the troops in WWII.

The difference is, now we have real-time reporters that are immediately retailing any scuttlebutt they here. Used to be that Ernie Pyle & Co. had to file their stories the old fashioned way - by typewriter, carrier pigeon, etc. Gave time for the outrageous rumors to be laid to rest.

[don-o]

I think we should all just cool it and wait for the info to come down from the top - and not the press.

Oh, no.

When in danger or in doubt,
Run in circles, scream and shout.

[Freedom4US]

During world war II, one major and widely believed rumor was that every GI was going to get a free car from Henry Ford after the war was over.