[xm177e2]

This is the big speech, in which he will tell us the war is imminent or already underway, and will tell Iraqi soldiers to surrender as if their lives depended on it.

[Dysart]

Any chance we don't begin the attack under cover of darkness?

[tuna_battle_slight_return]

"This is the big speech, in which he will tell us the war is imminent or already underway"

When Bush comes on live TV, he will say that the war is already underway. No reason to come on, hours in advance, to say the war is imminent. Doing so would provide a potential strategic advantage to Saddam's folks.