"Iraq war becoming a quagmire", by Helen Thomas

Seattle Post-Intelligence ^ | 4-6-04 | Helen Thomas

[Oldeconomybuyer]

WASHINGTON -- It was supposed to be a cakewalk for the American troops invading Iraq. The Iraqis were to throw flowers as the conquerors marched in and took over their country.

That was the fantasy of President Bush's advisers and they sold it to him. Those advisers were listening to the Iraqi exiles, who had an agenda that meshed with the hawks in the administration.

Now we know that while U.S. leaders may consider themselves "liberators," many Iraqis see them as invaders.

Reality is setting in. And the tragic events of recent days indicate we are going to be in Iraq for a long time and with a much larger presence than American officials had first planned for.

With hundreds of Americans and thousands of Iraqis dead, the war is again grabbing the headlines. It was the ambush and murder of four American security company agents at Fallujah on Wednesday and the savage attack on their corpses that reminded Americans of the gruesome realities of Iraq.

[blah, blah, blah, blah]

[Keith]

Helen Thomas...Queen of the straw dog attack...

[dfwgator]

The only quagmire is the upcoming Democratic National Convention, Helen.

[macamadamia]

Helen, your face is a quagmire!

[dirtboy]

Looks like someone sprinkled cayenne pepper in Helen's Depends again...

[eyespysomething]

I first thought, "Where's the barf alert?", but then I realized you had it already:

Helen Thomas

[el_texicano]

PTTTTTTTTT!!!!!!

Damn, now I got to clean my monitor after that comment. Hahahahahahah....

[vandykelastone]

Ain't it kind of funny how them ugly old democrat women do go on. And them in the same party with Quick-Zip Willie. Don't seem right, does it? Maybe that's why they go on so. Anyway, I had hoped that maybe Helen had passed on to her reward. Guess not. Notice that she is published in Seattle in the People's Republic of Washington.

[Steely Tom]

That was the fantasy of President Bush's advisers and they sold it to him. Those advisers were listening to the Iraqi exiles, who had an agenda that meshed with the hawks in the administration.

Now we know that while U.S. leaders may consider themselves "liberators," many Iraqis see them as invaders.

Just remember this: Helen's not biased; this is the reality she lives in.

(steely)

[hang 'em]

At least when the muslims take over they'll force this hag to wear a burqa and stay home.

[TomGuy]

Must have been in yesterday's demtalkingpointsmemo.

Yesterday, Freakin' Al Franken was on CNN giving his level of expertise on military matters. "Quagmire! Quagmire!"

So, the word for the day must be "Quagmire." Look for it to appear in most liberal microphone spew today.

[Conspiracy Guy]

You're being too kind.

[snooker]

"Helen, your face is a quagmire!"

hehehehe ... my thoughts exactly

[risk]

The troops would be calling in airstrikes at her coordinates if they knew where she were.

[cripplecreek]

Shes been saying that since her days as a cub reporter reporting on the civil war.

[tallhappy]

Now we know that while U.S. leaders may consider themselves "liberators," many Iraqis see them as invaders.

Old LA Slimes Communist editor Robert Scheer wrote his column on this exact same thing -- using essentially the exact same term -- we are invaders, outsiders. This seems to be the best approach the lefties have decided to use to try their best to bring about Bush's loss.

Also, it was a quagmire from day two, remember? Even Afghanistan was a quagmire.

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[Mudboy Slim]

Helen Thomas and her Leftist cohorts in the Vast, LeftWing Medyuh Whore'd have been calling this a "quagmire" since day one of the Iraqi Liberation...she--and they--have no credibility on the issue.

FReegards...MUD

[rintense]

Helen needs to be sent to the glue factory.

[texasbluebell]

Looks like Helen didn't get the memo.

"Quagmire" isn't the word-of-the-week anymore, Helen.

Get with the (dnc) program.