"And my guess is they [the Iraqi Resistance] see they're losing. Does that mean that the pain is going to go down? Not necessarily. It may mean that it'll go up."
Attaboy, Donald H.!
While it's difficult to say for sure what the Resistance sees (although at least one site dedicated to the Resistance "sees" lots and lots of dead American soldiers and destroyed American military craft), we can be sure that the "Multinational Force" sees a "jump in attacks", increasing numbers of soldiers both killed and wounded, and an ever-increasing proportion of Iraqi real estate off-limits to both the "Multinational Force" and the fledgling Vichy police force.
Maybe we're seeing the beginnings of an exit-strategy slogan here. Nixon had "peace with honor"; maybe we can use "we're still winning, we're just not enjoying it as much anymore, so... gotta go! don't make us come liberate you some more!"
Seriously, a co-worker actually said to me that "Iraq is off the table now" as in under control, no longer a threat. I almost went across the table and banged his head against the wall and asked "what the F&@K is WRONG WITH YOU?!?"
Posted by: jeff on September 10, 2004 08:42 AM