The TV crews have only themselves to blame for this incident as far as i'm concerned. They were so bloody desperate to be the first journalists to wherever they were going, when they ran into iraqi soldiers on there way. Instead of driving past them they decided to turn back to wherever they came from. Two armed iraqi vehicles followed them. As far as the American troops were concerned there were 4 unidentiied vehicles heading straight for them. What would you do??

A Letter to George W. Bush on the Eve of War
By Michael Moore, MichaelMoore.com
March 17, 2003
George W. Bush
1600 Pennsylvania Ave.
Washington, DC

Dear Governor Bush:
1. There is virtually no one in America (talk radio nutters and Fox News aside) who is gung-ho to go to war. Trust me on this one. Walk out of the White House and on to any street in America and try to find five people who are passionate about wanting to kill Iraqis. You won't find them! Why? 'Cause no Iraqis have ever come here and killed any of us! No Iraqi has even threatened to do that. You see, this is how we average Americans think: If a certain so-and-so is not perceived as a threat to our lives, then, believe it or not, we don't want to kill him! Funny how that works!

Quite clearly wrong.Whatever view you take on the opinion polls discussed on another thread , to say virtually no-one in America supports this is rubbish.

2. The majority of Americans – the ones who never elected you – are not fooled by your weapons of mass distraction. We know what the real issues are that affect our daily lives – and none of them begin with I or end in Q. Here's what threatens us: Two and a half million jobs lost since you took office, the stock market having become a cruel joke, no one knowing if their retirement funds are going to be there, gas now costs almost two dollars – the list goes on and on. Bombing Iraq will not make any of this go away. Only you need to go away for things to improve.

Depends again on opinion polls so IMO not correct.

3. As Bill Maher said last week, how bad do you have to suck to lose a popularity contest with Saddam Hussein? The whole world is against you, Mr. Bush. Count your fellow Americans among them.

If Mr Moore thinks that this was anything more than a joke i suggest he goes to rehab.

4. The Pope has said this war is wrong, that it is a Sin. The Pope! But even worse, the Dixie Chicks have now come out against you! How bad does it have to get before you realize that you are an army of one on this war? Of course, this is a war you personally won't have to fight. Just like when you went AWOL while the poor were shipped to Vietnam in your place.

Obviously not wrong by fact this one , but wrong to think that stating the Pope's views adds anymore weight to his argument. I've nothing against the old man personally but in a world where religious fanaticism is a major cause of unrest. His view on the conflict is no more or no less relevant than Eamonn Holmes view on snowboarding.

5. Of the 535 members of Congress, only one (Sen. Johnson of South Dakota) has an enlisted son or daughter in the armed forces! If you really want to stand up for America, please send your twin daughters over to Kuwait right now and let them don their chemical warfare suits. And let's see every member of Congress with a child of military age also sacrifice their kids for this war effort. What's that you say? You don't think so? Well, hey, guess what – we don't think so either!

wahey
6. Finally, we love France.

There you go . A statement universally known to be untrue outside of France itself.