Unfortunately, YouTube won't accept the NBC Oliver North hearings. Copyright is claimed by "INA - Institut National de l'Audiovisuel" and blocked.
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Thanks for the effort involved.
I remember watching CNN where there was a long line of MLRS launching rockets into the Iraqis. The CNN dunderhead asked an officer when the “ground war was going to start” who responded “look behind us, it’s started.”
wow, this is interesting, thanks!!!!
From back when CNN was actually a news organization.
I haven’t watched much TV, then or since, but I like to see historic moments like this that I usually missed the first time!
Do you have the part where Bernie Shaw pooped his pants?
I remember that period of time very vividly. I especially remember the summer of 1990 when the build-up (Desert Shield) began. At the time, I lived near an air base and I remember the constant rumble of military cargo planes coming and going. Then in January of 1991, when the air campaign started, I remember watching the coverage CNN (then the only cable news channel). I had no idea at the time that this would pretty much be a continuous war that would go on for decades.
1991 was the year I first bought a home computer. There was no Web at the time. Just a sketchy Prodigy connection that took you to a few lame screens of mostly stale information on a 1200 baud dial-up connection that costed $3.60/hr. If you were somewhat savvy (like I was at the time), you could get onto Usenet and do a few things with FTP (Archie) and Gopher. But for the most part, nobody but geeks even knew what the internet was. It would still be a few more years before the Internet exploded into our consciousness.
Had a shortwave radio at the time (Grundig 700) on which I was able to pick up some talk radio shows like Art Bell and Chuck Harder as well as some really "out there" ones I can't remember ..The early 1990s bring back some pretty good memories. It was a different time. Before 9/11. Even before Bill Clinton!
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Bookmarked, will enjoy it later.
I watched it a few times last year. Very cool. Shock and Awe was better because we had more cameras on the ground
I had 2-3 VS tapes but they got lost in my last 2 moves somewhere. But the memories of those guys and the scud missle alerts is still fresh in my head.
I was still young and new into politics when all that started and remember thinking brave those CNN guys were covering this from their hotel. My, how impressions have changed regarding news coverage since those days.
We were absolutely glued to the TV when this took place as we watched history unfold and what looked like a decisive action against wrong until the end came and we whimpered away.
Thanks for your effort.
Does this include the accidental cut to Wolf Blitzer madly trying to put on a gas mask and cursing on-air in the process?
I was sitting in Taif... finally it started... didn’t get home until July... fun, fun...