The Sweet Smell of Success...
Vice-President Darth Cheney made a surprise visit to Iraq today on his swing through the Middle East on his mission of... peace. Insert your own punchline here. Ahem. So why was Cheney's visit to Iraq kept secret? Well, because divulging that information ahead of time would be far too dangerous, of course. Even though Cheney sees "phenomenal" progress and noted the "remarkable turnaround" in regard to quelling the violence and stepping up the security in Iraq, the Vice-President apparently still thinks it might be a wee bit too dangerous for him to disclose the when's and where's of his agenda while in Iraq.
Speaking from inside the heavily secured and heavily fortified Green Zone, Cheney said he believed the war was a "difficult, challenging, but nonetheless successful endeavor that has been well worth the effort."
Well worth the effort? Tell that to the just about 4,000 American soldiers and tens of thousands of Iraqi civilians that have been killed in your dirty little war.Let's take a measure of that "phenomenal" progress and the "remarkable turnaround" in Iraq, shall we?
This is from just from yesterday and today in Iraq:
-Five people were killed and another 12 injured when mortar shells hit a soccer field in Baghdad...
-A minibus packed with explosives killed three people and wounded eight others in Karrada district...
-A roadside bomb killed one policeman and wounded another as they patrolled Mansour district in western Baghdad...
-Three bodies of U.S.-backed neighbourhood police were found two days after they were kidnapped in the town of Udhaim...
-Two days after their kidnapping, the bodies of three members of a U.S.-allied group fighting al-Qaida in Udaim have been found...
-Four civilians were injured when a roadside bomb that was targeting a U.S. convoy deonated...
-Two U.S. soldiers were killed when a roadside bomb hit their vehicle in northern Baghdad...
-In different districts throughout Baghdad, Iraqi police discovered the bodies of at least 5 different people...
-A roadside bomb killed one policeman and wounded another as they patrolled Mansour district in western Baghdad...
-According to Iraqi police, a roadside bomb wounded one person in Mansour district...
-A female suicide bomber killed 40 and wounded another 71 in an attack on a cafe near the revered Imam Hussein mosque in Karbala...
-A roadside bomb in the eastern Baghdad district of Zayouna detonated, wounding three people...
-Gunmen kidnapped two off-duty Iraqi soldiers at a fake checkpoint in western Tikrit...
Wow, now that is just an overwhelming display of success. Take a big whiff of it... success, my friends, just smells so sweet, doesn't it?
Let me just step back and take a moment to refresh everybody's memory. In a 1994 interview, Cheney proved to be prescient beyond words when he said the following:
With the war set to climb over the 5-year hurdle, with nearly 4,000 American lives lost and with no end to this war in sight, I'm hard pressed to understand in exactly what universe Cheney could possibly see a "remarkable turnaround" or say that it's been "well worth the effort."
If this is what they consider success, I'd really hate to see what abject failure looks like.
~Kevin S.
Speaking from inside the heavily secured and heavily fortified Green Zone, Cheney said he believed the war was a "difficult, challenging, but nonetheless successful endeavor that has been well worth the effort."
Well worth the effort? Tell that to the just about 4,000 American soldiers and tens of thousands of Iraqi civilians that have been killed in your dirty little war.Let's take a measure of that "phenomenal" progress and the "remarkable turnaround" in Iraq, shall we?
This is from just from yesterday and today in Iraq:
-Five people were killed and another 12 injured when mortar shells hit a soccer field in Baghdad...
-A minibus packed with explosives killed three people and wounded eight others in Karrada district...
-A roadside bomb killed one policeman and wounded another as they patrolled Mansour district in western Baghdad...
-Three bodies of U.S.-backed neighbourhood police were found two days after they were kidnapped in the town of Udhaim...
-Two days after their kidnapping, the bodies of three members of a U.S.-allied group fighting al-Qaida in Udaim have been found...
-Four civilians were injured when a roadside bomb that was targeting a U.S. convoy deonated...
-Two U.S. soldiers were killed when a roadside bomb hit their vehicle in northern Baghdad...
-In different districts throughout Baghdad, Iraqi police discovered the bodies of at least 5 different people...
-A roadside bomb killed one policeman and wounded another as they patrolled Mansour district in western Baghdad...
-According to Iraqi police, a roadside bomb wounded one person in Mansour district...
-A female suicide bomber killed 40 and wounded another 71 in an attack on a cafe near the revered Imam Hussein mosque in Karbala...
-A roadside bomb in the eastern Baghdad district of Zayouna detonated, wounding three people...
-Gunmen kidnapped two off-duty Iraqi soldiers at a fake checkpoint in western Tikrit...
Wow, now that is just an overwhelming display of success. Take a big whiff of it... success, my friends, just smells so sweet, doesn't it?
Let me just step back and take a moment to refresh everybody's memory. In a 1994 interview, Cheney proved to be prescient beyond words when he said the following:
With the war set to climb over the 5-year hurdle, with nearly 4,000 American lives lost and with no end to this war in sight, I'm hard pressed to understand in exactly what universe Cheney could possibly see a "remarkable turnaround" or say that it's been "well worth the effort."
If this is what they consider success, I'd really hate to see what abject failure looks like.
~Kevin S.
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