[Timeout]

I have a new theory (I think it's new) about why Gen. Franks left Iraqi TV on the air for so long. Despite all the armchair critics, consider this angle.

Much of the Arab world was buying into the lies spewed from B. Bob, cheering on "the great Iraqi forces". They accepted it carte blanche.

But there came a point yesterday where even the Arab viewers could see for themselves the lies and treachery coming through that microphone. Americans not in Baghdad? It just looked and sounded foolish. They Arab audience HAD to start asking themselves what else they had been told that wasn't true. I suspect much retrospection going on in that audience.

There is now every reason to believe that Gen. Franks and his staff would have foreseen just such a development. Better to have B. Bob discredit himself....they might never have believed it coming from our side. So, once again, Gen. Franks' brilliance pays off.

What do y'all think?

[Dog]

What is that ungodly sound on the Bagcam....

[Dog]

SKY News: Coalition forces seize BA'AT HQ in Basra....

[Otta B Sleepin]

Makes sense to me. Not to mention possibly raising a question in some people's minds as to why BB was the only one showing up on camera? (discounting the so-called Saddam videotapes). More and more he's been looking like a pathetic lone ranger out there all by himself trying desperately to convince everyone that the ship is not sinking even as the waters close in over their heads.

[Consort]

What do y'all think?

Agree. That's the same reason why we leave Rather, Brokaw, Jennings, et al on the air.