CNN - Desert Storm - 1991-01-16 - 9:27 p.m. (E)
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[0:02] with uh some assertility that they have
[0:05] made decisions based on a lot of good
[0:07] facts and Congress and him have uh we've
[0:11] engaged and I think he the greatest
[0:13] thing I heard is that he's going to
[0:14] allow us to go in there and do battle.
[0:16] >> All right, other reaction sir, your
[0:18] first reaction.
[0:19] >> I feel like uh the president's speech
[0:21] was good. This is no Vietnam and it's
[0:24] not going to be and I back the president
[0:26] and the troops 100%. Before we get away,
[0:28] a young person, what you saw, what do
[0:31] you think of it?
[0:32] >> I don't think it's good. And I don't
[0:34] think we should go to war over some
[0:35] stupid oil. Have
[0:36] >> you ever seen anything like this?
[0:38] >> No.
[0:39] >> Middle America, Independence, Missouri.
[0:41] We'll be back with more reaction later.
[0:42] I'm Jeff Lock, CNN, reporting live.
[0:45] >> Jeff, thank you very much. It's coming
[0:47] up on the time when Secretary of Defense
[0:49] Dick Cheney is going to address
[0:51] reporters at the Pentagon, fill in a
[0:53] little more of the detail of what is
[0:55] going on and the scope and the size of
[0:57] the forces which have attracted Iraq
[1:00] attacked Iraq tonight. We'll also hear
[1:01] from General Coen Powell. Wolf, you're
[1:04] standing by there now. anything uh since
[1:06] the last time we talked.
[1:08] >> David, here at the Pentagon, there is a
[1:09] packed studio here, obviously
[1:11] anticipating a lot of military details
[1:14] about this operation from Defense
[1:15] Secretary Dick Cheney. He is expected
[1:18] any moment now to walk in here and to
[1:20] provide us these details. The president
[1:21] did provide some initial accounts.
[1:23] Obviously, as we all recall, he was v