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04/07/2004 Archived Entry: "Famous last words?"
Famous last words?
Here's part of a transcript of an interview with Viceroy Bremer from CNN yeasterday morning.
HEMMER: From this side of the world, from Sadr City to Najaf to Fallujah, it appears to be in many ways a country in chaos.Can you reassure the American people that the coalition headed up by the Americans today in Iraq do have control of that country?
BREMER: Absolutely. There is no question we have control of the country.
Here's how it looks as of this morning. The points on the map show where fighting is taking place. Not exactly the picture of control, is it?
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July 3, 1863. Dateline: Gettysburg, Pennsylvania
Gen. Robert E. Lee: Gen. Pickett, you must look to your division.
Gen. Pickett (in tears): Gen. Lee, I have no division.
Posted by Xan @ 04/07/2004 02:32 PM NY
well, from that map, it looks like the kurds are still towing the company line. of course that will all change once they realize how much of their autonomy they will be giving up to the puppet regime we set up.
so we have lost the sunni and the shia, they obviously just dont love freedom as much as we thought they did. turns out that they would prefer security, food and shelter to american style "democracy". actually, it seems that most americans do too ( or else we wouldnt have given up all of our constitutional rights the first time we were attacked)
Posted by justin @ 04/07/2004 03:00 PM NY
What needs to be pointed out, is THAT IS IRAQ. The habitable portions of Iraq are right in the Tigris/Euphrates valley. Everything else is sand. These are the major cities in the country. Amarah is a hub city for many roads, and has a bridge over the Tigris. It's a very strategically important city.
The only area NOT fighting, is "Kurdistan." Staying very quiet up in the north.
In other words, the entire country has erupted in Urban Assult warfare, city by city. The most dangerous sort for our troops. We've hunkered down, are on the defensive for the most part, as we can't put our entire force to the front-- we've got bases to protect, now.
All that can be done, is to protect against the worst, and squash as many "fires" as possible. Personally, I think we've fallen horribly behind the 8-ball. Events are out-manuevering Boots Bremer and the Pentagon.
Desperate times make men desperate. Beware of even more ominous news from Iraq.
Posted by Monkeyfister @ 04/07/2004 03:31 PM NY
all too sad, watching reports on CNN that everything is just fine....Rumsfeld is clearly off his rocker....still implying its not Iraqis but "outsiders"......now troops will have to remain months more before rotating out...can't wait till some one speaks up that we need another 100,000 troops to hold we got...funny how very little reporting on the permanent military bases that are being built by Haliburton as we speak now
too sad...
Posted by sad in decatur @ 04/07/2004 05:08 PM NY
What kills me about Bremer is that he parades and prances about dressed in his impeccable suits. One would think he was attending a board meeting of a Fortune 500 company like, say, WalMart.
Gen. Shinseki and Gen. Jay Garner must be feeling just a wee bit vindicated.
Posted by Metropolitan99 @ 04/07/2004 05:47 PM NY
