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U.S.: 2,500 Republican Guard troops surrender [Quagmire! What? No Quagmire?]
CNN ^
| Friday, April 4, 2003
Posted on 04/04/2003 3:55:22 AM PST by JohnHuang2
Edited on 04/29/2004 2:02:20 AM PDT by Jim Robinson.
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NEAR BAGHDAD, Iraq (CNN) -- About 2,500 Iraqi Republican Guard troops surrendered Friday southeast of Baghdad, according to U.S. military officers, as American and Iraqi forces fought for control of Saddam International Airport, 12 miles from the center of the Iraqi capital. Continues.
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TOPICS: Editorial; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: battleforbaghdad; iraqifreedom; quagmire; surrender; viceisclosing
To: JohnHuang2
We could use such failures in President Bush's reelection campaign in 2004. ;-)
To: JohnHuang2
Websters Dictionary:
Quagmire - The rapid defeat and decimation of an enemy without incurring any significant loss at all (except to the Democrats ID).
To: JohnHuang2
Thanks for posting this. I missed the 30 other times you put it on here.
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posted on
04/04/2003 4:03:04 AM PST
by
kcordell
To: goldstategop
Yes, indeedy ;)
To: Pikachu_Dad
lol
To: Pikachu_Dad
Main Entry: quag·mire
Pronunciation: 'kwag-"mIr, 'kwäg-
Function: noun
Date: circa 1580
1 : soft miry Iraqi that shakes or yields under the foot
2 : a difficult, precarious, or entrapping position entrapping the Democratic spokesmen with their foot in their mouths.:
PREDICAMENT
To: Pikachu_Dad
"Man will occasionally stumble over the truth, but most of the time he will pick himself up and continue." Winston Churchill
To: JohnHuang2
To: Oldeconomybuyer
hehehehehehe
To: JohnHuang2
Actually the quagmire is happening.We are being bogged down with surrendering Iraqis!
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posted on
04/04/2003 4:12:10 AM PST
by
MEG33
To: MEG33
LOL ;)
To: JohnHuang2
The naysayers provided an invaluable service to our military -- made them all the more determined to prove the doubters wrong.
Please continue to post the pre-war and early war "quagmire" columns from those who were either incredibly ignorant, stupid or just anti-Bush.
Do you have them bookmarked and compiled?
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posted on
04/04/2003 5:02:47 AM PST
by
randita
To: randita
Please continue to post the pre-war and early war "quagmire" columns from those who were either incredibly ignorant, stupid or just anti-Bush. Will do :)
Do you have them bookmarked and compiled?
I have them stored as email.
To: randita
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