"There is no question in my mind that the coalition and the Iraqi people are winning."
Lt. General Ricardo Sanchez, Commander, U.S. military forces in Iraq
Press Briefing in Baghdad
December 13, 2003
"We have reached an important point when the end begins to come into view ... the enemy's hopes are bankrupt."
General William Westmoreland, Commander, Military Assistance Command Vietnam
Speech at the National Press Club
November 21, 1967
"I am an optimist, and I am not going to allow my staff to be pessimistic."
General Paul Harkins, Commander, Military Assistance Command Vietnam
Interview with Time magazine
May, 1962
"Benteen. Come on. Big Village. Be Quick. Bring Packs."
Col. George Armstrong Custer, commander 7th Cavalry
Dispatch to Captain Frederick Benteen, Battle of the Little Big Horn
June 25, 1876
"There is no question in my mind that the coalition and the Iraqi people are winning."
Winning what? The lottery? Experience?
I've noticed something rather disturbing in your posts, Billmon. Repeatedly making fun of our leaders by quoting them back to themselves or, worse, quoting their predecessors to show that they aren't even original in their stupidity seems a little too merciless. Isn't their a "cruel and unusual" prohibition in the constitution of the blogworld?
That Col. Custer you quote, would he be the same fellow who said that taking Gatling guns on what turned out to be his last trip would slow him down too much?
...try "there" instead of "their" ...
Up men, and to your post,
and don't forget today,
that you are from Old Virginia,
General George Picket, July 3, 1863
Up men, and to your post,
and don't forget today,
that you are from Old Virginia,
General George Picket, July 3, 1863
Gettysburg Pensylvania
Sorry, forgot the place
Hey, at least they still conside the Iraqis and the Coalition to be on the same side, that says something, I think??? Doesn't it ???
Can the Iraqis win if the Coalition wins, or is that mutually exclusive now????
Can the Iraqis win if the Coalition wins, or is that mutually exclusive now????
It is just as mutually exclusive now as it has always been. The so-called "coalition" has never had the interests of the Iraqis in mind.
Wicked.