ENDGAME IRAQ | Trying to get to Baghdad
Richard Mosse ART '08 is in the Persian Gulf awaiting an available flight to Baghdad. Mosse will be embedded with the U.S. military in Iraq, photographing Saddam Hussein’s palaces. Mosse will be sending regular updates and photographs to the News.
We’ve been waiting days now to embark for Baghdad. A videographer and I have been staying with troops in what is known as “tent city,” on an unnameable U.S. base on the Persian Gulf. I am not very sure why it’s forbidden to reveal the location of this place. It will be obvious enough to anyone with a vague working knowledge of the...
Kudos to Mr. Mosse and the News for a (petentially) interesting story. I'll be curious to see how this experience unfolds.
I do hope that readers can appreciate the experience and the insigt that a quasi-cultural/informative/artistic piece like this may provide - we'll see what Mr. Mosse and his companions have to say - instead of attacking issues that are not the point with snarky comments. (I'm not sure, Rob, that the point of this entry was to whine about being bumped from flights.)
Safe travels and a safe return to Mr. Mosse, his companions, and all our troops in harm's way.
Ashamed? The value of Richard's future articles is already suspect, since he doesn't seem to be interested in keeping an open mind...
Wow, the bias apparent in just a few paragraphs is over the top.
I find your writing style intriguing. I am embaressed to say I don't take the time to read a lot of news, But your style drew me in and kept me interested through all of your articles. For a time I could see and feel what it might be like to walk in ones shoes through red days and dark cockpits. If only briefly, I could picture it. I hope you continue writing, possibly even a book.
Poor Richard, he has to wait in the desert!
Could it be because important things and people have precedence?
Unlike the other men your age, Richard, nobody is likely to be shooting at you once you reach your destination.