Zeno's Paradox
February 25, 2003 - Saddam's CBS Interview

Dan Rather interviews Saddam. Wow.

This is certainly interesting. I wonder how CBS pulled this off and what will be said. I'll have to digest this. It's like Bush giving an interview to the Iraqi news media (if there is one other than the state controlled ones).

One thing it does do, though -- it personalizes the conflict. To me, it also puts a bit of an odd spin on it all. I was interested by Saddam's suggestion:

Saddam also challenged the president of the United States to join him in a live radio and television satellite linkup and debate the need for war before the entire world.

"I am ready," said the Iraqi president, "to conduct a direct dialogue with your president. I will say what I want and he will say what he wants."

"This will be an opportunity for him, if he's committed to war, this will be an opportunity to convince the world."

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I wonder how this would work out if it were to happen, and I'm still debating whether it could be a valuable exchange. Between Ready.Gov and Saddam requesting a debate with Bush about war on CBS, I'm wondering if I'm stuck in some sort of strange satire instead of real life. Ah, meta questions...

Posted by br284 at 09:26 AM

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