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Missoula call-in show briefly debates U.S. troop levels in Iraq
Summary
During a March 3 episode of the Rabbit Sandcrabs program in Missoula, callers and hosts spent part of a call-in segment discussing U.S. troop levels in Iraq. The exchange was conversational and produced no formal conclusions or actions.
Kurt, a host of the Rabbit Sandcrabs on-air program in Missoula, and other hosts fielded a call on March 3 in which a listener introduced a discussion of the Iraq war.
"I'm calling in regarding the Iraqi war," the caller said during the program's live call-in segment. Hosts and other callers responded with a mix of questions, brief debate and commentary; the broadcast also included unrelated calls and on-air music between exchanges.
The discussion did not produce a vote, recommendation or any formal action. Hosts later reflected on the exchange and referred to a separate caller who spoke at length, with one host describing that extended contribution as running about 12 minutes. The show ended its call-in segment after several more callers and routine closing remarks.
The exchange was a short, unscripted on-air conversation among listeners and hosts; it did not include statements from elected officials, government staff or any formal policy-maker, and no citation to statutes or regulations was made on air.
The segment illustrates how local call-in radio can bring national foreign-policy questions into neighborhood discussion, even when those conversations remain informal and inconclusive.
