"Iraq war becoming a quagmire", by Helen Thomas

Seattle Post-Intelligence ^ | 4-6-04 | Helen Thomas

[Oldeconomybuyer]

WASHINGTON -- It was supposed to be a cakewalk for the American troops invading Iraq. The Iraqis were to throw flowers as the conquerors marched in and took over their country.

That was the fantasy of President Bush's advisers and they sold it to him. Those advisers were listening to the Iraqi exiles, who had an agenda that meshed with the hawks in the administration.

Now we know that while U.S. leaders may consider themselves "liberators," many Iraqis see them as invaders.

Reality is setting in. And the tragic events of recent days indicate we are going to be in Iraq for a long time and with a much larger presence than American officials had first planned for.

With hundreds of Americans and thousands of Iraqis dead, the war is again grabbing the headlines. It was the ambush and murder of four American security company agents at Fallujah on Wednesday and the savage attack on their corpses that reminded Americans of the gruesome realities of Iraq.

[blah, blah, blah, blah]

[anniegetyourgun]

And this time last year.....

[Gritty]

Some people are delusional.

Helen Thomas qualifies.

[presidio9]

[dougiefresh]

Helen's hair is a quagmire

[AmericanMade1776]

UNCANNY HOW MUCH THEY LOOK ALIKE

[Unicorn]

Is she still alive?

[SF Republican]

Helen is the poster child for burkas

[nutmeg]

LOL! ;-D (#32)

[mudblood]

That's the funniest post I've ever seen.

[dalebert]

Some Democrat from the 911 commission on FOX said that they would be asking Condi about what is being done now to prevent 911 and things could turn political. Lol! I thought the commission was supposed to investigate what led up to 911 and make recommendations. Not investigate what is going on now. I expect them to ask questions relating to national security so she will have to decline answering over and over.

[Skooz]

It was supposed to be a cakewalk for the American troops invading Iraq.

Typical. Define the straw dog in simplistic terms and proceed to argue against it.

What a vile, loathsome, pathetic little creature she is.

[threat matrix]

Was that 1st pic from like 1947? She looks the same age now!

[AmericanMade1776]

Here you see Yasser in Drag

[T'wit]

I'd rather spend ten years in a quagmire than one minute being Helen Thomas. Or ten seconds looking at Helen Thomas.

[dawn53]

Helen, your face is a quagmire!

In Helen's case, I think it's called a "hag-mire".

[Publius]

But will the United States be able to win the "hearts and minds" of the Iraqis?

"When you've got them by the balls, their hearts and minds will follow."
--John Mitchell

[Outraged]

It is sickening that the anti-American left/DNC get every American soldier's dead body and parade it around the media street, yelling and screaming and beating GW Bush over the head with it. It is an offense to the families who lost loved ones and a disgrace to the memory of 9/11.

[Harley]

Can you imagine if Helen Thomas and Andy Rooney had a baby what that would be like? Thank god that will never happen!

[Harley]

Can you imagine if Helen Thomas and Andy Rooney had a baby what that would be like? Thank god that will never happen!

[presidio9]