[VRWC_minion]

If his comments aren't treason

Technically, they are not. But my issue is how is what he said any different that what all the analysits have been saying or getting others to say in the past weeks. All I hear is how Rumsfield lost the war already, how we were losing because of our casulties how we misjudged the Iraq resolve. Quite frankly, Arnett could be simply reading from the NBC or NYT headlines for the day.

[risk]

Arnett could be simply reading from the ... NYT headlines for the day.

Not Safire's snap judgements from today! 13 snap judgements

[ChemistCat]

Quite frankly, Arnett could be simply reading from the NBC or NYT headlines for the day.

He read them in BAGHDAD with the explicit intention to encourage Iraqis to continue resisting us. That's the difference. I hope you can see that what he did is going to get more Iraqis killed as well as more of our troops killed. Stiffening Iraqi resistance right now is just exactly like throwing a grenade in the tents of our military people. I see what you're saying and I agree that sometimes we're inclined to pick up the same tools as the libs. "Ban Peter Jennings" and "Ban Dr. Laura" aren't really that different. The difference HERE is that he said it ON IRAQI MEDIA. More than that: he took an oath, becoming a citizen of our country. (I was born a citizen, never took the oath, but I assume I'm still more or less bound by its substance.) He completely and clearly violated that oath with what he did. If Ashcroft doesn't arrest him if he ever dares show his face within our borders again, I'll be VERY surprised.

[M. Thatcher]

Technically, they are not.

Technically, they are. Theoretically, they are. In actuality, they are. By any measure or definition, they are.

You apparently do not grasp the difference between uttering such comments here and uttering them ON IRAQI STATE-CONTROLLED TV.

One wonders about your ability to tie your shoes.