Televised war
You just have to be amazed at the TV coverage... or at least I'm amazed. Yeah, there is quite a bit of just "filling air time", but still. This morning I was watching them discuss the Predator and their control center. They have GPS on every unit and person. And with the Predator they can see what is coming. So they have real-time info coming in on exactly what the battle field looks like. Kind of like a big video game (which has its disadvantages - one being someone may forget there are real people). But the amount of information they get. Wow. And although we are getting a sanitized (and some one say propagandized) version of it, hey we are still getting something. It will be interesting to watch the coverage over the next few days.

How bizzare... sitting at home, watching the clock tick down, seeing the reports come in. War just isn't what it used to be. Kind of feels like watching the ball fall on New Year's eve.

Another interesting note this morning. There was someone on from the "American Islamic Movement" or something like that. Anyway, a woman who was in Iraq during Desert Storm. Talking about how much the *people* were glad we were there, and were hoping that we would be taking Saddam out. They were in open revolt and took 13 of 18 providences (something like that). This time they will be more cautious, she said. They'll wait for the ground troops to make sure we are actually coming in.

Anyway... I think sometimes people feel we are being the bullies, and forget what he has done (and is still doing) to his people. That it isn't all about oil and us, but that we are actually going to be helping free these people. Well... so much for my political insight...