Maybe I missed a spot or two, but Simon hasn't seemed to go off the deep end about it from what I've seen. He is sad, but I think he knew at least one of the dead personally, but he seems willing to accept the reality that they are in the middle of a war zone and that was the risk they took.
Anyway, they were TOLD to leave? When?
Not today -- before 3/19. We advised all foreignors, including media, in no uncertain terms, to get out of Iraq.
BEFORE the Operation began!