Baghdad falls: Iraqis erupt ("Come see, this is freedom! OH PEOPLE! THIS IS FREEDOM!")

Scientific American | April 10 2003 | Paul McGeough, Herald Correspondent in Baghdad

[HighRoadToChina]

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[dead]

O'REILLY: If you are wrong… and if the United States - and they will, this is going to happen - goes in, liberates Iraq [with] people in the street, American flags, hugging our soldiers… you gonna apologize to George W. Bush?

GARAFALO: I would be so willing to say, "I'm sorry". I hope to God that I can be made a buffoon of, that people will say, "You were wrong. You were a fatalist". And I will go to the White House on my knees on cut glass and say, "Hey, you and Thomas Friedman were right… I shouldn't have doubted you"…

- Transcript from The Pulse 3/6/03

[TheSpottedOwl]

Is Garafolo crawling on broken glass yet?

If she isn't, someone should help her; preferably by dragging her by the hair.

[Search4Truth]

I don't think there have been smiles like that on Iraqi faces for decades. God bless them all. Especially the children.

[cahergowan]

Manchester United happens to be the biggest (financially) sports club in the world (yes, bigger than the NY Yankees etc).

[cahergowan]

[f.Christian]

Bush // Blair ! !

[sauropod]

"But presuming his era had ended, a white-haired man in the inner city took a poster of Saddam and beat it with his shoe - a traditional insult."

I saw this on FNS.

[sauropod]

Killjoy!

{{{Hildy}}}

[sauropod]

Must we? /PC

[sauropod]

Yep! One day we will meet...

[sauropod]

Keep your hands off my Amp!

{{{DaughterOfAnIwoJimaVet}}}

[EternalVigilance]

"Great victories come only to those who never waver
No matter how loudly the enemies of freedom may mock
Who see the path of duty, and follow it to the very end
God bless our President on this day
He will be known forever as 'the Liberator of Iraq'!"

EV

[sauropod]

Certainly hope so. She is a twit!

[rwfromkansas]

If this is the Reuters caption, we know for sure that the feeling was almost virtually completely in support of our troops entering the city:

"An Iraqi man puts flowers on the head of a US Marine in Saddam City in eastern
Baghdad as Iraqis joyously welcome US forces. Photo: Reuters."

[Chi-townChief]

bump

[rwfromkansas]

Awesome pic. Awesome.

[Dead Dog]

I'm not ripping on Soccor, it's a great sport. It keeps kids in shape for Football season.

[nutmeg]

Gen Myers: "People are rejoicing... the Iraqi people are now liberated."

Correction: Gen. Myers: "It's a little too soon to declare that Iraq has been fully liberated."

Please FReepmail me if you want on or off my infrequent ping list.

[nutmeg]

Beautiful, EV! (#93)