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Katie Couric: Saddam's Capture Only Symbolic Perky
"Today" show host Katie Couric, who said at the height of the Iraq
war that she hoped Saddam Hussein had successfully fled to Syria, argued Monday
morning that the Iraqi dictator's capture really wasn't that important after
all. Interviewing
the top U.S. commander in Iraq, Lt. Gen. Ricardo Sanchez, Couric insisted,
"It appears that Saddam Hussein was in no position to be calling the shots
or orchestrating the efforts against U.S. troops in Iraq. "So,
militarily," she continued, "how much of the enemy's capabilities
have really been degraded by this capture?" When
Gen. Sanchez tried to explain the strategic importance of removing Saddam from
the battlefield, Couric chimed in, "Because this is more symbolic, General
Sanchez, do you think?" While
the top military man didn't deny that Saddam's capture had a huge symbolic
impact, he told Couric, "At the same time I believe it will be a concrete
victory on the battlefield as [the insurgents] begin to reassess what their
future holds." Still,
the early morning mega-star remained unconvinced that Saddam's capture had
accomplished much, pressing Sanchez on whether the arrest "may actually
incite various members of the insurgency" and "create an environment
in which there is more violence against U.S. troops." As
Couric was arguing that the Iraqi dictator's capture might actually be bad news
for soldiers on the ground, back in Baghdad, Brig. Gen. Mark Hertling was
explaining to reporters how documents in Saddam's possession had already led to
the capture of several other members of the old regime's command structure and
provided key intelligence on the Baathist insurgency that continues to target
U.S. troops. While
speculating on Saddam's whereabouts in April, Couric asked NBC's Pentagon
correspondent Jim Miklaszewski if he could "confirm reports [Saddam] was
taken to Tikrit, and then Mosul, and then hopefully
to Syria." [our emphasis] A
"Today" show spokesman later told NewsMax that Couric
"misspoke" but had no plans to publicly clarify her remark. Charles
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