Pictures from "VB" Day

http://www.hughhewitt.com/ ^ | April 9, 2003 | Hugh Hewitt

[Bad~Rodeo]

Could it be a good 'ol American Fig Newton?

Posted 10:09 AM, Pacific

Posted at 6:40 AM, Pacific That looks like a pretty happy quagmire to me.

I read the New York Times editorial pages for the first time in a couple of weeks to see how the gang would spin this. It isn't easy, after all, being revealed as beyond-Pluto wrong about how the war would go. Tom Friedman goes local and files "pay no attention to the people in front of the curtain" article. Maureen Dowd just goes low, attacking Victor Davis Hanson as Dick Cheney's "war guru."

Davis was my guest yesterday, a couple of hours after he'd given a talk to the senior leadership of the Pentagon. It is no surprise that Dowd doesn't like Hanson. If Hanson sets a trend, Dowd is going to have to start using facts. Interesting how the left works --in defeat, no humility, only a snarling and another round of invective.

But the live feeds from Baghdad are live feeds. The Iraqi information minister is going to have a tough time spinning this, and if, as Tom Friedman argues, the entire Arab world is arguing about the occupation of Iraq, then we are dealing with a deep refusal to deal with the facts. The Iraqi people are becoming our best witnesses, and the best sign of the morning: "Human Shields Go Home." The Marines and the Army, it seems, are just what the oppressed people of Saddam's horror chambers wanted.

[Lorena]

WONDERFUL POSTS, Spruce and Bad Rodeo! Thanks for this thread.

[FairOpinion]

[tutstar]

I love that one! We were talking today....(my family) we have no idea how the Iraqis are feeling. I am so elated that it's hard to sleep, just can't imagine how wonderful they feel.

[Hamilton2]

Isn't this such a humbling picture.

[FairOpinion]

It shows the true heartfelt gratitude they feel for being delivered from hell, which is what their lives have been under Saddam.

It brings tears to your eye, that a grown man would be so grateful to kiss the soldiers hand.

[max_rpf]

No STOP with the wookalar! It's... So... Wrong...

[TheDon]

LOL!

[hoosiermama]

Of all the pictures today, this is one of my favorites.... the smiles, the gentle expressions expressed in the eyesbring tears to mine. God HAS blessed America, by allowing US to share our precious gift: Freedom.

[Spruce]

[Brad’s Gramma]

Does ANYONE have a pic of the kids riding on SH's head? I heard about it, but didn't see it. PLEASE post if you do and ping me?!

She says, in her whiniest voice.....

[nutmeg]

Beautiful collection of photos, Bad~Rodeo and Spruce. Thank you!

[happygrl]

Thanks for posting these Spruce. I've seen them posted on several threads, but I never tire of seeing these pics. They are BEAUTIFUL!

[thoughtomator]

That girl and her smile are so beautiful, she can't help but to become the poster child of MidEast freedom!

[Grampa Dave]

Thanks! This has been bookmarked for historical purposes and for use with those on both sides who still hate our president, our troops and would deny liberty to these Iraqis.

[bonesmccoy]

"term I haven't heard since high school"

LOL...
I was thinking of the movie the Right Stuff... at the Happy Bottom's Riding Club, the female bartender uses the colloquialism.

[E Rocc]

Does ANYONE have a pic of the kids riding on SH's head? I heard about it, but didn't see it. PLEASE post if you do and ping me?!

I liked where the kid was running behind the head smacking it with shoes....all over the news yesterday and classic

-Eric

[IncPen]

liberty ping
a beautiful thing