Friday, October 01, 2004
Good Morning Vietnam
Aided by Iraqis, U.S. Seizes Part of Rebel Town
It was only when our casualties got out of control that we began releasing numbers for enemy casualties that put ours in a more positive light.
Does anyone else remember the fact that we have already declared victory, or declared that we have "turned the corner" in Iraq at least half-a-dozen times already?
Wake up and smell the napalm. It smells like "victory."
SAMARRA, Iraq, Oct. 1 - American and Iraqi forces battled their way into the center of this insurgent-ridden city on Friday, claiming that they had taken control of more than half the town and that they had killed more than 100 guerrillas, in what is shaping up to be one of the largest military operations since the war began.Does anybody else remember that at the beginning of the war in Iraq we never released numbers for enemy body counts?
It was only when our casualties got out of control that we began releasing numbers for enemy casualties that put ours in a more positive light.
Does anyone else remember the fact that we have already declared victory, or declared that we have "turned the corner" in Iraq at least half-a-dozen times already?
Wake up and smell the napalm. It smells like "victory."
