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From: LindyBill8/17/2005 1:30:54 PM
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"Did Matt Lauer's face fall
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at the end of this exchange with a U.S. soldier in Iraq? I don't watch morning television (I'm at work before 7:00 a.m.) and wouldn't watch the Today Show even if I did. But this account, if true, makes me wish I were watching this morning.

When The Today Show sprung a surprise this morning - an unannounced trip to Iraq by Matt Lauer - one US soldier had a little surprise of his own for Today and the media at large.

Lauer interviewed a group of soldiers at Camp Liberty in Baghdad, and at one point asked about the state of morale. After getting two responses to the effect that morale was good, Lauer had this to say:

"Don't get me wrong, I think you're probably telling the truth, but there might be a lot of people at home wondering how that might be possible with the conditions you're facing and with the insurgent attacks you're facing."

If Lauer was the advocate for the anti-war case, he then made the cardinal mistake that no advocate should make: asking a question to which you don't know the answer.

Asked Lauer: "What would you say to people who doubt that morale could be that high?"

Captain Sherman Powell nailed Lauer, the MSM and the anti-war crowd with this beauty:

"Well sir, I'd tell you, if I got my news from the newspapers I'd be pretty depressed as well!""
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