[Arkinsaw]

Reporter said they were the first free citizens of Iraq.

[GEC]

Stunningly upbeat.

Hard to hold back tears as the Marine thinks about his niece and nephew back home.

The Embeddeds must be driving their editors nuts right about now.

[The G Man]

Yeah, saw that. Pretty amazing. You can't tell me there won't be dancing in the streets of Baghdad when our tanks come rolling triumphantly through.

Some amazing footage.

[ambrose]

Dan Rather must be having a fit!

[gore_sux]

Just saw the same report; very interesting when compared to most of the news I've been seeing of how the Iraqis don't really want us there.

It appears that the people of Umm Qasr are already losing their fear of the regime, even though, as the report suggests, operatives are still milling about the crowd. (And oh by the way, Saddam shut off the water to Umm Qasr 4 days before the war started.)

It was nice to see such big smiles on the people's faces. Just wait until the Galahad docks and they see some real relief supplies.

[VoteHarryBrowne2000]

A bit chilling to hear the statement from the Iraqi who wouldn't appear on camera. He said "there are detectives everywhere." There is still an iron fist over the country, but it was a great story overall. It made you proud of our country and our war fighters!

[Paradox]

I saw that, it was an amazingly fair and balanced piece. The Marine getting teary eyed at the end was great! I thought I had stumbled onto Fox news instead. Got to give CBS credit for this one.

[Ligeia]

Was the war correspondent Scott Pelley? I saw he is an embedded reporter on a thread here the other day. Pelley's interviews of President Bush were good, especially the piece he put together of September 11. Any word on rebroadcast?

[mystery-ak]

I caught it while flipping channels, couldn't believe it was CBS....powerful piece.

[Timmy]

I saw it! Have to admit to a couple of tears myself. Psst. Don't tell anyone.

[edwin hubble]

"Reporter said they were the first free citizens of Iraq. "

This was a great report.

And did you see the Andy Rooney 60 minutes essay blasting the French?
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/876746/posts

[ZChief]

I watched the last 15 minutes of Tom Brokaw this evening before 60 minutes and wanted to gag. When I turned to 60 minutes I was prepared to barf but was stunned by what I saw and heard. This type of reporting by CBS would drive me to quit railing on them. I just this moment heard Rather remark that some Iraqis have just begun to enjoy freedom and that a lot more would be looking for the same (paraphrased). Simply astounding for CBS

[Reagan Man]

Watching it now.

God Bless the US Marines.

[TheClintons-STILLAnti-American]

These reporters are, I am quite sure, far closer to harm's way than Al Gore ever was in his half tour in Viet Nam as a "journalist", even though he was supposedly an active dury soldier...with a bodyguard with orders to keep the Senator's little boy safe and sound so that his "service" could be claimed to help his bright political future.

[Behind Liberal Lines]

Maybe I'm giving him too much credit, and god knows I have no use for him most the time, but sometimes I think Rather at least knows enough (unlike Jennings) to support the troops.

[Tamzee]

Could be purely economic... when the embeddeds get back, the liberal rags/networks are going to have to try to retain some credibility for the stench they continued to report making our troops look weak and beaten. Now CBS has one item they can point to ad nauseum to prove it was "balanced".

[AMNZ]

Who went around DRather? He must be covering your fellow citizen Wesley Clark POTUS candidate, 04.

[CyberCowboy777]

Just saw it on the west coast!

Great story - glad they aired it..

This feeling is why "new" Europe is supporting us - they remember!

[CyberCowboy777]

The interview with Mr. Levey (spelling?) was very interesting.

[OldFriend]

Saw the last few minutes of that segment and it brought a big lump to my throat. Too bad all those that want us to save the Iraqi people by bombing them to death didn't see that. Too many want a WACO solution to this war.