[Timesink]

I still don't trust the politicos on this one. Why did they call a news conference and drag it out for 90 minutes. I'm afraid that was politics to counter the lies in the media on the "pause" and "plans" etc.

The reason was that it was something like 3 am in Qatar and all the journalists were at their hotels in bed. They'd never been called in during the overnight before, and the briefing room was literally almost empty until not long before it started.

Buzz has it that they were originally planning a longer news conference, but were so massively POed at ABCNEWS radio, NBC TV and/or the AP (take your pick) for breaking the embargo and running the story early, that's why what's-his-name came out, said two sentences and walked off.

[Fledermaus]

I'll buy that for a some of it. But why be stupid enough to inform the press and think they'd hold off?

I think that was politics. Actually, I still think some low level moron jumped the gun.

[kcvl]

I wondered why one of the spokes people made it a point to thank Fox News for their professionalism as a news organization. I kept waiting for the news conference and must have missed it. It must have been VERY short.

[Timeout]

I woke up hearing the panel on Fox saying the Baghdad Division of the RG had been overrun at Al Kut & rendered ineffective. That would be Ollie's unit, right? 1st MEF?

Odd. When I went to bed at midnight, Ollie's unit was sitting still and he was filing multiple reports, but didn't say anything about engaging the BAG DIV of RG.