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As far as the emails go, right or wrong, these people are just expressing their first amendment rights which is something else our founding fathers rightly preserved for us.

Which is what Shep did. He brought up comments from viewers and he exercised his right to speak and indirectly showed how ignorant they were to write such a comment.

How is anything that Baghdad Bob is saying helping us?

Have you ever wondered why he's still on the air? He's on the air because we are letting him stay on the air. The Iraqi people, and subsequently the Arab community, have been lied to. They have been told even as soon as day before yesterday that no troops were in Baghdad. All of a sudden these people in Baghdad see troops come in.

At this point there is a credibility problem. On one hand you have CNN/Fox/MSNBC/BBC/Al-Jazeera/etc. showing video footage of troops inside Hussein's palace and rolling down the streets. At the same time you have Baghdad Bob on tv saying "there are no troops here." This guts the credibility of the Iraqi government with their own people. Even if they don't have the other news outlets, they see the tanks in their city, and they see the ONLY governmental official saying it's not true.

Hubby brought up an interesting question to me tonight, rather rhetorical. Seeing a majority of the Arab world believes this is all a Hollywood movie, and we're not "really" in Baghdad, then how exactly did WE kill any reporters in the Palestine hotel?

Kind of goes along with that other conundrum: if the Jews are responsible for 9-11 according to many Arabs (and peaceniks), then why is Osama their hero for 9-11?

As far as the emails go, right or wrong, these people are just expressing their first amendment rights which is something else our founding fathers rightly preserved for us.

Which is what Shep did. He brought up comments from viewers and he exercised his right to speak and indirectly showed how ignorant they were to write such a comment.

And he has every right to do so because he is on American soil!

The point is, these reporters have placed themselves in a very precarious situation as there is a real war going on over there - it's not a hollywood production.

Have you ever wondered why he's still on the air?

No, I don't wonder. I think it might have to do with the fact that our troops are fighting a war at the moment and he's not at the top of their list - yet.

At this point there is a credibility problem. On one hand you have CNN/Fox/MSNBC/BBC/Al-Jazeera/etc. showing video footage of troops inside Hussein's palace and rolling down the streets. At the same time you have Baghdad Bob on tv saying "there are no troops here." This guts the credibility of the Iraqi government with their own people. Even if they don't have the other news outlets, they see the tanks in their city, and they see the ONLY governmental official saying it's not true.

Yes, there is definitely a credibility problem - for our side. The people who see The Baghdad Bob Show are not the ones living in Baghdad - and what they are seeing in addition to Baghdad Bob's daily report is the video showing their camera man or reporter getting blown away by one of our tanks.

Again, how does this help our side?