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03/31/2003 Entry: "What took you so long?"

What took you so long?

Apparently the 101st Airborne Division has kicked Geraldo Rivera out of Iraq for revealing tactical information in his broadcasts. This must be some kind of record. He's been annoying the 101st for a only week or less. Can't they strap him to the front of a tank or the underside of an Apache and send him into combat? Can't they drop him into Baghdad from a C130 and let him annoy the Iraqis instead? What I really want is a broadcast where Geraldo bites the bullet and we all get to watch, so we can be absolutely sure that he can't annoy us on TV ever again.

Then, we can get on with our lives watching Peter Arnett betray America on Iraqi TV.

Update: Geraldo insists that he's not been asked to leave, and he's deeper into Iraq than ever before. Indeed, I watched him broadcast this morning from the 101st Airborne Division's current location interviewing soldiers. Could it be that NBC is out to get him, publishing these wild rumors? Maybe his own Fox TV, which has been blabbing this rumor all morning too? Or is he ignoring the "request", waiting for it to turn into an order and then perhaps a full-on deportation? Inquiring minds want to know when we'll be rid of Geraldo once and for all.

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