***Operation Iraqi Freedom - Situation Room - Day 11 - LIVE THREAD***

Everywhere! | 30 Mar 2003 | An.American.Expatriate

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Good Morning.

This is the Daily Thread of Operation Iraqi Freedom - LIVE THREAD.

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Special thanks to An.American.Expatriate for staring the daily threads, Mo1 for the screamer, the AdminMods for their tolerance, mhking for the video links, and, of course, Belly Girl...

[blastbaby]

Ok - have Freeped them all.

Cancelled my subscription - anyone have any ideas on how to explain this action to my LIBERAL MIL who gave me this gift? LOL

[GOPyouth]

We're getting a ton of wind noise on the MSNBC cam.

[JLS]

Well Baghdad attacked again. I wonder if someone in the US command structure has rediscovered the value of showing the Arab street who is kicking whose butt in this.

Sure it is nice to win friends where you can. But where you can't inspiring fear or at least caution might be a good thing. It seemingly worked with Lybia.

[mhking]

I'm hearing bombings now, are you?

No, just Norm Habib and Abdul Vila's hammering, and a lot of wind noise...

[Green]

He is one of the few Western television reporters remaining in Baghdad providing coverage for a U.S. network.

I guess there is no wondering why he is one of the few Western reporters still there, eh?

[merrin]

NRO's The Corner mentioned it, but they've just got a Wall Street Journal report that mentions only his praise of the Info. Ministry's treatment of journalists and skips his praise of Iraqi resistance and his claim that his reports are bolstering "antiwar" sentiment.

[pitinkie]

Wonder if the keg tap is open?

[Lady Jag]

I tracked back some posts and got a gist of what Arnett said. Could Ki$$ing Iraqi 'a$$ets' be what helped him stay there (besides working for Nat. Geo.)? Could he have had a gun to his head? He's long been marching to his own drummer...

[Fledermaus]

What could he be building at 3 am? A bomb shelter?

[GirlShortstop]

EMAIL MSNBC *and* National Geographic about
Peter Arnett, Baath Party Member HERE:
ngsforum@nationalgeographic.com;newsdesk@nationalgeographic.com;comments@natgeochannel.com;viewerservices@msnbc.com

Thank You!

V for Victory

[bvw]

Thanks, all y'all.

[Extremist]

He looks like Frankenstein from.."young frankenstein"?

Funny you should say that. As I watched it I was thinking how much he looked like Peter Boyle- Frank on "Everybody Loves Raymond" and yes, Frankestein in "Young Frankenstein".

That Putting on the Ritz bit leaves me in stiches everytime.

[spectr17]

Invaded or liberated???

[Straight Vermonter]

The new map is up.

[geedee]

I've sent MSNBC, NBC, GE, National Geographic, and Microsoft an email informing all that if they don't cut all ties with Arnett no one in my family will watch any MSNBC, NBC, or National Geographic TV programs and no one in my family will ever, ever buy any GE or Microsoft products.

Our warriors are putting their lives on the line for us in Iraq. IF SOMETHING LIKE THIS DOESN'T PISS US OFF ENOUGH TO TAKE UP FOR THEM, THEN WHAT IN THE HELL ARE THEY FIGHTING FOR?????

We're at war!! I'm sick of the press doubting our every move. I'm sick of the damn peaceniks. I'm sick of being politically correct.

Dammit to hell, our enemies are attacking us from all directions! We have to get pissed off! We have to bitch-slap all those who would do us harm! I'm talking about France, Germany, Belgium, some parts of Canada, Russia, China, and any other damn country that would challenge us when we're only trying to make the world a safer place. I'm talking about Peter Arnett, George Stephanopolous, Peter Jennings, Terry Moran, Helen Thomas, Mike Gregory, Dan Rather, and all the other leftist-media jackasses.

We the People are the power in this country. And right now We the People are the bitch-slappees. We're taking body blows right and left and not hitting back.

Either we believe in our way of life or we don't. Either we believe in helping the Iraqi innocents be free or we don't. Either we believe in LIFE, LIBERTY, AND THE PURSUIT OF HAPPINESS or we don't. Our warriors are dying for us. What are we doing for them???????????

[POGIFFMOO]

Thought Arnett was war correspondent for the Cartoon Channel..

[mhking]

What could he be building at 3 am? A bomb shelter?

"This Old Bunker"

[Fledermaus]

NRO had been silent for a while...nothing when I went there, glad to see K-LO woke up. I emailed her earlier about the story.

[LiveFreeOrDie2001]

Here ya go Eddie...

newsdesk@nationalgeographic.com

1-800-373-1717

viewerservices@msnbc.com

1-888-MSNBC-USA

[pitinkie]

Or.."and what did you get from the monster??? OOOHHH!!!!"