November 09, 2004
Rumsfeld. Foot. Mouth. Again.
"Listen, these folks are determined. These are killers. They chop people's heads off. They're getting money from around the world. They're getting recruits," says Donald H. Rumsfeld.
If we take him at his word (never a good idea when dealing with The H.), it's an obvious admission that the Bush Administration is getting its ass handed to it by "these folks" in the so-called "War On Terror".
Before the war, Hosni Mubarak warned that it would spawn "100 new bin Ladens". His prophecy is apparently ever more accurate by the day, as even Rumsfeld admits.
And we can imagine the exhortations used to gain new recruits: "Listen, these 'folks' are determined. They are killers. They bomb hospitals. They shoot up ambulances. They smear you with feces and drag you by the neck."
As the U.S. military launched the most significant offensive in Iraq since the fall of Baghdad in April 2003, Rumsfeld argued yesterday that Iraqi public opinion was at a "tipping point" and that defeating the insurgents in Fallujah could help nudge a large majority of Iraqis into supporting the U.S.-backed interim government.
So, Rumsfeld acknowledges that, eighteen months into the operation, the "Multinational Force" has yet to win the hearts and minds of those it has "liberated". "Tipping point" may be stretching it a bit, though: even George W., during an interview with Bill O'Reill, didn't disupte the estimation that "only five percent of the Iraqi people see the United States as liberators."
Posted by Eddie Tews at November 9, 2004 04:29 PM
Comments
This is a very tainted view of the truth. I have little doubt that the author is in fact a toady of the same murderers that are responsible for 911. You are all cowards and liars.America is still the biggist super power on earth! -- Posted by: marc ransom on November 12, 2004 08:07 PM