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[Diddle E. Squat]

Nice, sharp post.

[Yardstick]

*bookmarked*

[PRND21]

And the more Saddam's loyalists are ground down in this happy hunting ground for U.S. air power, the fewer they will meet in the streets of Baghdad.

Sounds good to me. Great articles, keep 'em coming.

[efnwriter]

Somehow, the media has assumed that this war would be over in a matter of days. That is unrealistic. To quote President Bush in response to the leading question: "

Mr. President, can you help me understand the timing of this war? You talked yesterday that it will be -- we're far from over. Today you said, it's going slowly, but surely we're working our way to our end goal. Given that the resistance has been as strong as it's been in the south, and that we have what you call the most hardened, most desperate forces still around Baghdad, are we to assume that this is going to last -- could last months and not weeks -- and not days?

President Bush: However long it takes. That's the answer to your question and that's what you've got to know. It isn't a matter of timetable, it's a matter of victory. And the Iraqi people have got to know that, see. They've got to know that they will be liberated and Saddam Hussein will be removed, no matter how long it takes.

[michaelt]

Thanks for this. Big Bump.

[Armed Civilian]

Thanks for the info. I said to some friends today that the war would be starting soon. That all of this was staging our troops for Bombeddad. We know where the rg is and they're being 5000lb to death.