A few observations from a weekend spent listening to and watching war coverage:
* While listening to a non descript talk radio show come back from break using a Boston song as bumper music the host commented: "I love this kind of music. This is the stuff that the troops over in Iraq are listening to right now." Umm... NO, they're not jamming to 'More Than A Feeling' buddy.
* Why does CNN use quotes around the title Operation Iraqi Freedom? They might not agree with the title but that's what it is. They also used quotes when describing the 101st Airborne as an "air assault" unit. I believe that air assault is a widely accepted military term that describes the 101st to a tee. Yet when they scrawl the phrase "steel wave" coined by one of their correspondents to describe the coalition advance they use single apostrophes usually associated with titles.
* The Iraqi information minister likes to refer to Bush as a gangster, calling him a criminal, and comparing him to Al Capone. Every time I hear this it reminds of how Nazi propaganda used to characterize Churchill in the same manner.
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