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March 31, 2003

Arnett? Are not!

Peter Arnett is being given the boot to the backside by NBC, following his stellar interview on Iraqi TV.

Arnett said that the U.S. "war plan has failed because of Iraqi resistance. Now they are trying to write another war plan...."

Uh, someone should tell Peter that coalition forces have entered the "red zone" around Baghdad that is defended by the Republican Guard. The war is on.

During the Sunday interview, Arnett also said that Iraq had given him and other reporters a "degree of freedom which we appreciate." Iraq has expelled several journalists, including CNN's Baghdad team, and apparently has imprisoned two journalists from the New York newspaper Newsday.

Whoops, wrong again, Peter. Perhaps it will eventually dawn on him that he's nothing but a useful idiot to the regime of Saddam Hussein.

Arnett told the Iraqi TV interviewer, who was dressed in an Iraqi Army uniform, that President Bush is facing a "growing challenge" about the "conduct of the war" within the United States.

Someone should get him a copy of the latest Gallup poll that shows that American opinion in favor of the war is holding steady at around 70%, and Bush's approval rating is at 71%.*

Maybe Peter is getting his news from the Iraqis.

* Note to the loony contingent of the left, we're not endorsing Bush in general, just giving the numbers. So save your whining.