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Quagmire Flashback
various FR links | 04-15-03 | The Heavy Equipment Guy

Posted on 04/15/2003 2:53:56 AM PDT by backhoe

Another Quagmire Flashback!! -- The Backpedal War - Possibility of Quagmire Looms
      Posted by ArcLight
On 04/09/2003 5:57 PM EDT with 4 comments


Pacific News Service ^ | 3/25/2003 | William O. Beeman,
     
 
FSASHBACK: "The Afghan Quagmire Beckons"
      Posted by Oldeconomybuyer
On 03/31/2003 1:39 PM EST with 3 comments


Anti-War.com ^ | 10-17-01 | by Chris Deliso
     
 
Quagmire Alert - Looting and Killing
      Posted by Hillary'sMoralVoid
On 04/12/2003 9:02 AM EDT with 5 comments


Current News | April 12th 2003 | HMV
     
 
Quagmire Flashback: Columnist Norman Lockman, 3/26
      Posted by Jhensy
On 04/08/2003 1:09 PM EDT with 11 comments


www.delawareonline.com ^ | 3/26/03 | Norman Lockman
     
 
Liberation Day (Is It A Quagmire Yet?)
      Posted by WaveThatFlag
On 04/10/2003 10:23 AM EDT with 8 comments


The Wall Street Journal ^ | April 10, 2003
     
 
Vietnam's lessons forgotten in Iraq (Quagmire Alert)
      Posted by Lance Romance
On 04/04/2003 8:07 AM EST with 16 comments


Boston Globe ^ | 4-4-03 | H.D.S. Greenway
     
 
Rumsfeld's Imperious Style Turns Combative [Quagmire flashback]
      Posted by JohnHuang2
On 04/04/2003 8:11 AM EST with 11 comments


New York Times | March 29, 2003 | By TODD S. PURDUM
     
 
British 'Nowhere Near' Capturing Basra [Quagmire flashback]
      Posted by JohnHuang2
On 04/08/2003 10:39 AM EDT with 2 comments


Associated Press | March 28, 2003 | By MICHAEL McDONOUGH
     
 
U.S. Special Forces in Afghanistan: Vietnam Redux [Quagmire Flashback]
      Posted by JohnHuang2
On 04/02/2003 4:31 PM EST with 29 comments


Cursor.org ^ | OCTOBER 31, 2002 | by Marc W. Herold
     
 
[Bush's] 3 Flawed Assumptions [About Iraq war...Quagmire flashback]
      Posted by JohnHuang2
On 04/04/2003 8:05 AM EST with 5 comments


TIME Magazine ^ | March 30, 2003
     
 
U.S. Behind Schedule in Iraqi TV Block [Quagmire alert]
      Posted by JohnHuang2
On 04/09/2003 2:55 AM EDT


Associated Press | Wednesday, April 9, 2003 | By ANICK JESDANUN
     
 
BBC - US gears up for long campaign [Quagmire Alert]
      Posted by Oldeconomybuyer
On 03/28/2003 10:17 AM EST with 4 comments


BBC News Online ^ | 3-28-03
     
 
Criticism from the old guard forces a rethink [Quagmire Alert]
      Posted by Oldeconomybuyer
On 03/28/2003 10:22 AM EST with 19 comments


The Herald - UK ^ | 3-28-03 | JAMIE DETTMER
     
 
U.S. Orders 4-6 Day Pause in Iraq Advance-Officers [Quagmire flashback]
      Posted by JohnHuang2
On 04/03/2003 6:18 PM EST with 32 comments


Reuters ^ | Saturday, March 29, 2003
     
 
Rumseld ignored Pentagon advice on Iraq-report [Quagmire flashback]
      Posted by JohnHuang2
On 04/04/2003 8:16 AM EST with 19 comments


Reuters | March 29, 2003
     
 
Rumseld ignored Pentagon advice on Iraq-report [Quagmire flashback]
      Posted by JohnHuang2
On 04/08/2003 10:45 AM EDT with 11 comments


Reuters | March 29, 2003
     
 
Americans' Support for War on the Rise (Quagmire Alert)
      Posted by presidio9
On 04/08/2003 4:30 PM EDT with 28 comments


Washington Post ^ | 4/7/3 | Dan Balz
     
 
"US, Britain, heading to disaster": British Mideast expert [Quagmire Alert]
      Posted by Oldeconomybuyer
On 03/28/2003 10:54 AM EST with 16 comments


Agence France-Presse (AFP) ^ | 3-28-03
     
 
Bush cites progress in Iraq war despite setbacks [Quagmire flashback]
      Posted by JohnHuang2
On 04/04/2003 8:02 AM EST with 1 comment


Reuters | March 29, 2003 | By Adam Entous
     
 
Bush frustrated by war doubts, vows total victory [Quagmire flashback]
      Posted by JohnHuang2
On 04/04/2003 8:18 AM EST with 11 comments


AP | March 28, 2003 | By Adam Entous
     
 
Allies risk 3000 casualties in Baghdad - ex-general [Quagmire flashback]
      Posted by JohnHuang2
On 04/08/2003 11:06 AM EDT with 20 comments


Reuters | March 24, 2003
     
 
Bush cites progress in Iraq war despite setbacks [Quagmire flashback]
      Posted by JohnHuang2
On 04/10/2003 7:59 AM EDT with 2 comments


Reuters | March 29, 2003 | By Adam Entous
     
 
U.S. Troops Move to Restore Order in Edgy Baghdad [Quagmire Alert]
      Posted by JohnHuang2
On 04/13/2003 3:16 AM EDT with 1 comment


New York Times ^ | Sunday, April 13, 2003 | By DEXTER FILKINS and JOHN KIFNER
     
 
Invasion honeymoon is over; news media get contentious [Quagmire Flashback]
      Posted by JohnHuang2
On 04/13/2003 4:03 AM EDT with 10 comments


Chicago Tribune ^ | Published March 30, 2003 | By Steve Johnson
     
 
For U.S. military, this war is turning into a minefield [Quagmire Flashback]
      Posted by JohnHuang2
On 04/15/2003 5:03 AM EDT with 6 comments


Salon.com ^ | March 24, 2003 | Joe Conason
     
 
Was Bush given full picture? "Officials acknowledge..underestimated..threat [Quagmire Flashback]
      Posted by JohnHuang2
On 04/15/2003 4:50 AM EDT with 5 comments


Philadelphia Inquirer ^ | Sun, Mar. 30, 2003 | By Warren P. Strobel
     
 
U.S. land advance could pause for weeks-military [Troops bogged down -- quagmire flashback]
      Posted by JohnHuang2
On 04/08/2003 10:48 AM EDT with 13 comments


Reuters | March 30, 2003
     
 
Warring Tribes, Here and There [Rummy's failed war plan alert/Quagmire flashback]
      Posted by JohnHuang2
On 04/09/2003 8:03 AM EDT with 23 comments


New York Times ^ | April 2, 2003 | By MAUREEN DOWD
     
 
Invasion honeymoon is over; news media get contentious [U.S. losing war...quagmire flashback]
      Posted by JohnHuang2
On 04/15/2003 4:54 AM EDT with 1 comment


Chicago Tribune ^ | Tuesday, April 15, 2003 | By Steve Johnson
     
 
Doubts begin to ripple in capital, Second-guessing, complaints, impatience on war [Quagmire ALERT]
      Posted by Oldeconomybuyer
On 03/30/2003 8:37 AM EST with 15 comments


The Charlotte Observer ^ | 3-30-03 | DAVID E. SANGER, NY Times
     
 
Great Expectations: Why did so many people think this would be a cakewalk? [Quagmire flashback]
      Posted by JohnHuang2
On 04/15/2003 5:35 AM EDT


Washington Post | Tuesday, March 25, 2003 | By Howard Kurtz
     
 
Bush's Peril: Shifting Sand and Fickle Opinion [Quagmire flashback] "Is his luck about to turn?"
      Posted by JohnHuang2
On 04/04/2003 8:28 AM EST with 37 comments


New York Times ^ | March 30, 2003 | By R. W. APPLE Jr., Mr. Quagmire himself
     
 
The Bush Backlash: In dash to Baghdad, admin left its own rear guard exposed [Quagmire Flashback]
      Posted by JohnHuang2
On 04/13/2003 3:58 AM EDT with 4 comments


Slate ^ | Sunday, April 13, 2003 | By Gideon Rose
     
 
A Plan Under Attack [Rumsfeld Plan deemed miserable failure/Quagmire flashback]
      Posted by JohnHuang2
On 04/15/2003 5:19 AM EDT with 3 comments


Newsweek ^ | April 7 issue | By Evan Thomas and John Barry
     
 
The butcher of Baghdad is out of tricks (Quagmire follow-up)
      Posted by Oldeconomybuyer
On 04/07/2003 3:34 PM EDT with 38 comments


National Post - Canada ^ | 4-7-03 | Mark Steyn
     
 
The War in Iraq [A war bedeviled by setbacks/U.S. losing -- Quagmire flashback]
      Posted by JohnHuang2
On 04/15/2003 5:29 AM EDT


MSNBC | Wednesday, April 2, 2003 | Martha Brant, News Chat
     
 
Bush frustrated by war doubts, vows total victory [War plan a failure...Quagmire flashback]
      Posted by JohnHuang2
On 04/08/2003 10:42 AM EDT with 1 comment


Reuters | March 28, 2003 | By Adam Entous


TOPICS: Extended News; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: accountability
Let's use these handy links to remind the Jackal Pack Press just how wrong they were- and why should anyone trust them now?
1 posted on 04/15/2003 2:53:56 AM PDT by backhoe
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To: backhoe
A lot of useful idiots in those posts.
2 posted on 04/15/2003 2:56:49 AM PDT by exnavy
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To: All
God bless our troops. Come home safe, and soon.
3 posted on 04/15/2003 2:56:52 AM PDT by Support Free Republic (Your support keeps Free Republic going strong!)
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To: exnavy
Thanks for looking, yes, this poor old country has no shortage of damfools with big mouths. I wish the success of our 3-week war would make them pipe down, but am not optimistic...
4 posted on 04/15/2003 3:03:00 AM PDT by backhoe (The Dungeon doors ARE swinging open- what will the Left now say?)
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To: All
Americans dig in and wait, bombing goes on [Failures and setbacks plague war effort]
      Posted by JohnHuang2
On 04/15/2003 5:42 AM EDT with 3 comments


Reuters | March 30, 2003 | By Nadim Ladki
 
   
 
Great Expectations: Why did so many people think this would be a cakewalk? [Quagmire flashback]
      Posted by JohnHuang2
On 04/15/2003 5:35 AM EDT


Washington Post | Tuesday, March 25, 2003 | By Howard Kurtz
     
 
The War in Iraq [A war bedeviled by setbacks/U.S. losing -- Quagmire flashback]
      Posted by JohnHuang2
On 04/15/2003 5:29 AM EDT


MSNBC | Wednesday, April 2, 2003 | Martha Brant, News Chat

5 posted on 04/15/2003 3:14:18 AM PDT by backhoe (The Dungeon doors ARE swinging open- what will the Left now say?)
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To: backhoe
QuagBumb.
6 posted on 04/15/2003 3:22:34 AM PDT by Oldeconomybuyer (Peace through Strength)
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To: backhoe
Thanks for putting this together, backhoe. It's appreciated.
7 posted on 04/15/2003 3:31:24 AM PDT by AHerald
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To: AHerald; Oldeconomybuyer
Thanks for looking, and FYI, BTW:

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8 posted on 04/15/2003 3:37:39 AM PDT by backhoe (The Dungeon doors ARE swinging open- what will the Left now say?)
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To: backhoe
All your "quagmire" belong to us!
9 posted on 04/15/2003 7:47:37 AM PDT by ConservativeMan55
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To: ConservativeMan55
Set him up the bomb...
10 posted on 04/15/2003 10:25:54 AM PDT by backhoe (Just an old keyboard cowboy, ridin' the trackball into the sunset...)
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To: backhoe
All your setups belong to us.
11 posted on 04/15/2003 11:00:22 AM PDT by ConservativeMan55
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