Posted on 12/08/2006 10:18:58 AM PST by mcg2000
What if Baghdad Bob was right all along? Friday, December 08, 2006
Remember Mohammed Saeed al-Sahhaf? He was the former Iraqi information minister who became a folk hero in the West because of his unintentionally hilarious daily briefings even as coalition forces tightened the noose around the regime's neck.
Nicknamed "Baghdad Bob" by a credulous American press corps all too willing to parrot Bush administration propaganda, the Iraqi bureaucrat had a talent for lurid prose that hinted at a poetic sensibility beneath the nonsense.
Among my favorites were: "God will roast their stomachs in hell at the hands of the Iraqis"; "The midget Bush and Rumsfeld deserve only to be beaten with shoes by freedom-loving people everywhere"; "Washington has thrown their soldiers on the fire"; and "I speak better English than this villain Bush."
Baghdad Bob made his final prophetic utterance on April 7, 2003, before disappearing into the obscurity of occupied Iraq: "This invasion will end in failure."
Three years into a war that has gone worse than expected for America and its coalition allies, it would be hard to find anyone in Washington -- with the notable exception of Mr. Bush -- who doesn't agree with him now.
It wasn't the first time old Baghdad Bob said something prescient. Even buffoons are capable of connecting the dots in ways that would put our current president to shame.
"I would like to clarify a simple fact here," Baghdad Bob said in a lucid moment when he wasn't comparing the U.S. military to a headless snake twisting in burning quicksand.
"How can you lay siege to a whole country? Who is really under siege now? Baghdad cannot be besieged. Al-Nasiriyah cannot be besieged. Basra cannot be besieged."
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If you contact him be sure to ask "Do you want America to win the war on terror?"
The press corps parroting Bush administration propaganda....HA HA HA...THAT'S A GOOD ONE!
"...a credulous American press corps all too willing to parrot Bush administration propaganda..."
Again, what universe do these people live in?
An objective journalist who feel that the statement: "The midget Bush and Rumsfeld deserve only to be beaten with shoes by freedom-loving people everywhere" is actually right.
What a waste. {offing himself} He had such a bright future at CBS.
I remember that, reminded me of Haggis.
This guy is such a jerk and obviously wants us to lose. I hope he shares a jail cell with Baghdad Bob.
This guy must be a study for how to ape Baghdad Bob.
Do fish know they are wet? The MSM gives itself big wet kisses all the time while they are distorting the news.
He obviously got an A+ at the same school Kim Jong Il went to.
Email sent with question as suggested. I'll let you know what response I get.
I'd prefer the treasonous media be convicted and share a rope with Nazi propagandist (and American born traitor) Lord Haw Haw.
Bingo!!
OH MAN I love Baghdad Bob rack him
What happen to him I hope he has good future at CNN or MSNBC
Did he? That is sad news, he seemed like such an endearing, though pathetic, little fellow in a Charlie Chaplin "Little Tramp" kind of way. He'd make me laugh in the midst of all the tragedy of the situation. I'd always hoped he survived and would come to his senses once he was out from under the "shoe" of Saddam and take up a career that would bring laughter to a world that gets sadder every day -- guess I'm really out of touch with reality. In a perfect world, he would have done just that. The guy could have brought peace through his efforts, I think.
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