This whole story about Geraldo Rivera squatting in the sand and showing military movements (behavior which led him to be removed from Iraq) and the spin it is being given, is absurd.
A couple of things:
Rivera has been forced by Fox News to retreat to Kuwait. Rivera said, “I feel like I have been scolded.” Well, Geraldo, that is because you are in touch with reality and you ARE being scolded. Your instincts are right on there, buddy!
Additionally:
The headline in The Daily Mirror about this whole thing was: “Fired by America for telling the truth”.
Wait, wait, wait, WHAT? These people have no shame. The entire story makes me feel like I used to feel as a kid, traipsing through the woods behind my house, through the mud after a rainy day. We would lift up big rocks, especially after rain, and see all kinds of little gross bugs squirming around in the mud beneath.
Geraldo Rivera was telling his television audience, by drawing a diagram in the sand, “So … here is where our troops are … and here are where they are going …”
As any RATIONAL person could understand, the army generals in charge did not like this. Any Iraqi with a satellite dish hidden in their backyard could watch Rivera telling EVERYONE exactly what we were up to, where we were going, when we would plan to be there, etc. That is recklessly irresponsible. Geraldo always had a knack for making himself the centerpiece of every story. (Member Al Capone’s vault?) So what happens? Geraldo Rivera is asked to leave Iraq. He is a threat to the security of the mission.
And how does The Daily Mirror choose to describe it? “Fired by America for telling the truth.”
The mind boggles.
