> -----Original Message-----
> From: Brice Yokem 
> 
> My question is is what the Colonel or whatever said true?  I have not
> seen anything about this in the news.  So why has it not been 
> reported?
> 
> If it is NOT true, then Wirt is correct when he suggests this 
> officer is just kissing up.  If it IS true, then this is just 
> another case of the press ignoring good news.

I was just about to go ...

If the speech was spoken, the week prior to Saddam's 
capture, it was probably overshadowed by other events.  
(Even if it was newsworthy.)

Another way to look at this item, is that it could have
been from a command newsletter in the unit's e-mail, not 
neccessarily a speech.  This would explain how the entire
item arrived to this list, as I'm now having doubts whether
anyone who had access to the Commanding Officer's notes
or files would have been forwarded along so "verbatim." 

The military unit's e-mail/newsletter explains a lot.  

I've seen similar items alot during my military tenure.  I've
also learned to call such things "Command-Spam".  They usually
appear between such e-mails as "someone left their lights on 
in the parking lot," or "base services will shut down power to 
the HQ building next Sunday for maintenance."

BT


Tracy Johnson
MSI Schaevitz Sensors 

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