I’d just gotten home from the gym about ten minutes ago when Ria called to say her boyfriend had called her from Florida to tell her President Bush was on television announcing the beginning of the war. I turned on the television and had just enough time to snap this poor picture of Bush before his short speech ended. I had NPR on simulateously via the internet so I could hear Bush, since the Japanese translation made it difficult to hear him on television.
Right now, all I can see are pictures of early morning in Iraq, with flashes of light that look like the beginning of a fireworks show.
KCRW has just broken away from NPR to go to a live CNN report from Iraq.
I have to be at work in 30 minutes, so I won’t be able to follow the live coverage.