[MadIvan]

A success story you're not hearing much of.

Regards, Ivan

[MadIvan]

Bump!

[VOA]

Dignitaries are already impressed. General Jay Garner, the man appointed to run Baghdad,
has had long discussions with the colonel and said afterwards that Umm Qasr was
the model that he would use for the capital.

The Brits bring order to a uncivilized environment...then the Americans
copy the model and scale it up.

Who says history doesn't repeat itself?
(re: the Brits making colonial America tolerable enough so we Americans could
easily improve on the wild place)

For me the Iraq affair makes me ask two questions:
1. What did we do to deserve friends like the UK, Australia and the others who pitched in?

2. What terrible thing did we do to deserve the treatment we got from France and
the Axis of Weasels?

[The Hon. Galahad Threepwood]

Originally, I called it the committee, but I thought it sounded a bit communist, so Cabinet it is . . .

I like this guy.

[AFreeBird]

B4L8r

[WOSG]

I am disappointed we are doing more of this in Iraq, and leaving too much to the looters and locals eg in Baghdad and Mosul. this sounds pretty good in comparison.

[Mister Baredog]

Great story, this is why I look for your posts daily, thanks Ivan

He demonstrated his robust approach to law and order early on when he kicked down the door of a local warlord who was suspected of siphoning off fuel intended for Umm Qasr’s hospital. The miscreant has since become a model citizen.

Sounds similar to the technique BUSH has been using on Syria.

[patricia]

I like Col. Jones style!