Tuesday, March 07, 2006
Superhero Dr. Bob
First there was Batman and Robin, Superman and Spiderman. Now we have a new superhero, Dr. Bob.
Without jesting, Dr. Bob Arnot's self-proclaimed accomplishments sound like those of a jet-age superhero. Tall, blond and handsome, this celebrity journalist flies from the midst of one battle to the next without fear or harm. From Afghanistan to Pakistan, Iraq to Jordan, Somalia to the Sudan, he reports on the evils of terrorism, death and mahem, and while others die around him he stands amidst a storm of bullets that leave him unscathed. For example, there is the time he saved the lives of a teenage mother and her baby who were caught in a shower of weapons' fire between Iraqi and American forces. Dr. Bob rushed out from the American lines and in his perfect Arabic told the woman to sit down. He stayed there with her until they could be rescued by American forces.
He is an "activist" journalist, who participates in the events he covers. A trustee of Save the Children and founder of Operation Iraqi Lifeline, at each of his stops not only does it sound like he reports on the event, but he rescues and aids the children. He has plucked 50 children with cancer from Iraq and placed them in medical facilities where they can be cared for. Behind and supporting his efforts are the American forces - a peace corp with guns. Because of the efforts of American soldiers to rebuild Iraq one area went from 160 to 10 insurgency attacks a week. Eighty percent of the country is at peace, with only a few hot spots like Baghdad.
American soldiers love their missions, he says. Given five to ten years, democracy will exist in Iraq like in Afghanistan. But the terrorists (like Ho Chi Minh in Viet Nam) realize that they can win the war if they can defeat the US in its own press. If the terrorists can make the war "unpopular at home" and get the US to pull out, Iraq will become like Afghanistan under the Taliban.
Speaking March 6, 2006 at Northwest Missouri State University, Dr. Arnot told students they can make a difference by joining the marines or army, learning Arab in university, and contributing to aid efforts abroad. The biggest mistake would be "being isolationist." The war on terrorism will be won as the young men in the Mideast and Africa are educated and get jobs. The war will end as we "dry up the swamp breeding ground of terrorism," he said.
What does he see for his immediate future? More traveling to hot spots of the world and this year he will be involved in a TV program called "Dr. Danger." Good luck, Dr. Bob.
Dr. Bob Arnot is the medical anchor to CNBC's dLife and the former chief medical correspondent and special foreign correspondent to NBC News.
See also:
http://breakers.typepad.com/leftbeach/2004/02/dr_bob_arnot_an.html
http://www.apple.com/pro/video/arnot/
http://www.newsmax.com/archives/ic/2004/2/12/162342.shtml
http://www.ejeanlive.com/arnot.htm
http://www.kivana.com/acts/BobArnot.htm
Without jesting, Dr. Bob Arnot's self-proclaimed accomplishments sound like those of a jet-age superhero. Tall, blond and handsome, this celebrity journalist flies from the midst of one battle to the next without fear or harm. From Afghanistan to Pakistan, Iraq to Jordan, Somalia to the Sudan, he reports on the evils of terrorism, death and mahem, and while others die around him he stands amidst a storm of bullets that leave him unscathed. For example, there is the time he saved the lives of a teenage mother and her baby who were caught in a shower of weapons' fire between Iraqi and American forces. Dr. Bob rushed out from the American lines and in his perfect Arabic told the woman to sit down. He stayed there with her until they could be rescued by American forces.
He is an "activist" journalist, who participates in the events he covers. A trustee of Save the Children and founder of Operation Iraqi Lifeline, at each of his stops not only does it sound like he reports on the event, but he rescues and aids the children. He has plucked 50 children with cancer from Iraq and placed them in medical facilities where they can be cared for. Behind and supporting his efforts are the American forces - a peace corp with guns. Because of the efforts of American soldiers to rebuild Iraq one area went from 160 to 10 insurgency attacks a week. Eighty percent of the country is at peace, with only a few hot spots like Baghdad.
American soldiers love their missions, he says. Given five to ten years, democracy will exist in Iraq like in Afghanistan. But the terrorists (like Ho Chi Minh in Viet Nam) realize that they can win the war if they can defeat the US in its own press. If the terrorists can make the war "unpopular at home" and get the US to pull out, Iraq will become like Afghanistan under the Taliban.
Speaking March 6, 2006 at Northwest Missouri State University, Dr. Arnot told students they can make a difference by joining the marines or army, learning Arab in university, and contributing to aid efforts abroad. The biggest mistake would be "being isolationist." The war on terrorism will be won as the young men in the Mideast and Africa are educated and get jobs. The war will end as we "dry up the swamp breeding ground of terrorism," he said.
What does he see for his immediate future? More traveling to hot spots of the world and this year he will be involved in a TV program called "Dr. Danger." Good luck, Dr. Bob.
Dr. Bob Arnot is the medical anchor to CNBC's dLife and the former chief medical correspondent and special foreign correspondent to NBC News.
See also:
http://breakers.typepad.com/leftbeach/2004/02/dr_bob_arnot_an.html
http://www.apple.com/pro/video/arnot/
http://www.newsmax.com/archives/ic/2004/2/12/162342.shtml
http://www.ejeanlive.com/arnot.htm
http://www.kivana.com/acts/BobArnot.htm
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