Posted on 09/27/2002 10:42:57 AM PDT by The Wizard
I realized today why Dasshole and the rest are screaming:
About a week to ten days from now the War is going to start, (probably the weekend after the congress/the UN passes it's resolution.....**) and anyone who understands how we work can see it, the signs all turned up on TV Monday.
What you may ask gives me this insight?
Well I'll tell you, as it just hit me.....and I had real reservations about posting, (and If the folks here think this should go, pull away)....
Remember the image of the skies over Bagdad during Desert Storm.....well, on Monday both Fox news and CNN launched a midday show about the "War in Iraq", and PMSNBC sent their reporter to an aircraft carrier in the gulf who has started reporting daily about "drills"
As a TV producer it tells me they are positioning themselves to be on air during the night, (Bagdad Time) and already have everything in place to cover what they expect to be a very short war.
In my field you start a week or two ahead to get your viewers in tow, but you don't start a month or two because you'll lose them......
So, at the risk of seeming like a complete fool, the motions of the TV news gatherers tells me we'll be in and over before Halloween.
And the democrats will have to run against a victorious republican President who has just beaten Iraq, liberated Afghanistan and planted the seeds of democracy in Iran at the same time........
No wonder they're pissed:
They wanted GWB to go to the UN, he did.
They wanted him to come to congress, he did.
And now, before the election, he's going to go into Iraq........(and the War will bost the economy as well)
I've said it before and I will say it again:
Don't mess with this Texan, he's too many moves ahead
October surprise?
remember, I could be very wrong.......
he gives the go code, then meets with the leaders of congress, and announces a TV address for that night.....
and for the record, breaking a promise to dasshole, who might use the information for political reasons, is justifiable and doesn't upset me
Journalists flocking to Baghdad a bad omen
From the International Desk
Published 9/26/2002 1:09 PM
BAGHDAD, Iraq, Sept. 26 (UPI) -- Foreign journalists have begun to flock to Baghdad, a bad omen for Iraqis who see it as a sign that war is coming while the government sees it as an opportunity to put across its side of the story.
For many Iraqis, the influx of news media-types is reminiscent of the 1991 Gulf War that drew a horde of newsmen to the Iraqi capital.
But Iraqi authorities have seized the opportunity to take visiting journalists on tours to show them places where the government insists there are no weapons of mass destruction though the United States and Britain suspect otherwise.
A big event coming up on Oct. 15 for journalists to cover is the referendum on approving a further term in office for President Saddam Hussein. At the same time, reporters are monitoring the reactions of the Iraqi people and leaders to developments in the United States as the Bush administration continues to prepare for a military strike to depose Saddam while politicians and pundits argue over whether going to war is a good idea.
Exceptionally, CNN, the American television news channel that won itself a starring position with its coverage of the 1991 Persian Gulf War from Baghdad, has stayed on here ever since.
Now other U.S. news channels, including Fox News, ABC News and NBC, are asking for entry visas for their correspondents.
So many media types are expected that the Information Ministry has felt obliged to enlarge its media center.
Copyright © 2002 United Press International
http://www.upi.com/view.cfm?StoryID=20020926-123213-1031r
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