June 28, 2004
Didn't He Receive The Memo?
American soldiers on the ground in Iraq continue to speak to the situation in a much more realistic manner that their leaders, living in the Fantasyland known as the "Green Zone".
The northern part of Sadr City, that's where we get attacked every night.
Guess what? That's the place that's got the worst sewers, that's the place that doesn't have potable water, that's the place that doesn't have electrical infrastructure, that's the place where there's raw sewage on the ground. There's solid waste every place.
And, oh by the way, that's the place where 50 to 60 percent of the people are out of work. It doesn't take a nuclear scientist to say that these people want something other than fighting. They want some of those basic things fixed in that city.
They thought the "Coalition" would do it, and for the first year we really haven't attacked that portion of the problem. -- Maj. Gen. Peter Chiarelli, 1st Cavalry Commander
Posted by Eddie Tews at June 28, 2004 06:06 PM
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