[Amelia]

I don't want to make any rash assessments about anybody's intelligence, but Rita and her male cohort are coming across fairly stupid right now.

I had to switch. At least Bob Arnot's voice is not as grating.

[Semper911]

I had to switch as well. MSNBC is doing a much better job on this. More variety of camera shots, and Bob Arnot does a great job. (I can live without Lester, though.)

[Yankee]

What we need is Gunnery Sergeant R. Lee Ermey asking, "What kind of a grabasstic disorganized newsroom are you runnin' here".

I give great credit to Steve Harrigan, for his comments chastising the news media stateside for covering this isolated sniper event as if it's the "Second Battle of Baghdad".

He has a good handle on what's happening, and is praising the Marines in their handling of it. I don't doubt for one minute that these are fanatical Jihadis sniping, not even Iraqis.

IMHO they are committing "Suicide by Marines" because they are dead-enders with two options. Quick death from Marines, or slow death if they're captured by Iraqi civilians.