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"Iraq war becoming a quagmire", by Helen Thomas
Seattle Post-Intelligence ^ | 4-6-04 | Helen Thomas

Posted on 04/07/2004 7:39:14 AM PDT by 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]

(Excerpt) Read more at seattlepi.nwsource.com ...


TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Culture/Society; Editorial; Foreign Affairs; Government; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections; US: Washington; War on Terror
KEYWORDS: bias; helenthomas; iraq; journalism; journalist; media
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To: Belisaurius
And this time last year.....
41 posted on 04/07/2004 8:06:14 AM PDT by anniegetyourgun
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To: Oldeconomybuyer
Some people are delusional.

Helen Thomas qualifies.

42 posted on 04/07/2004 8:07:24 AM PDT by Gritty ("to Progressives there are no enemies, just friends with unacknowledged grievances -Mark Steyn)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

43 posted on 04/07/2004 8:08:37 AM PDT by presidio9 ("There are no mistakes -- only Happy Accidents." -Bob Ross)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer
Helen's hair is a quagmire
44 posted on 04/07/2004 8:10:36 AM PDT by dougiefresh
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To: smith288
UNCANNY HOW MUCH THEY LOOK ALIKE
45 posted on 04/07/2004 8:11:03 AM PDT by AmericanMade1776
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To: Oldeconomybuyer
Is she still alive?
46 posted on 04/07/2004 8:11:27 AM PDT by Unicorn (Two many wimps around)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer
Helen is the poster child for burkas
47 posted on 04/07/2004 8:12:09 AM PDT by SF Republican
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To: An.American.Expatriate
LOL! ;-D (#32)
48 posted on 04/07/2004 8:14:09 AM PDT by nutmeg (Why vote for Bush? Imagine Commander in Chief John F’in al-Qerry)
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To: AmericanMade1776
That's the funniest post I've ever seen.
49 posted on 04/07/2004 8:14:50 AM PDT by mudblood
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To: Oldeconomybuyer
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.
50 posted on 04/07/2004 8:16:55 AM PDT by dalebert
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To: Keith
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.

51 posted on 04/07/2004 8:18:03 AM PDT by Skooz (My Biography: Psalm 40:1-3)
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To: smith288
Was that 1st pic from like 1947? She looks the same age now!
52 posted on 04/07/2004 8:19:18 AM PDT by threat matrix
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To: nutmeg
Here you see Yasser in Drag
53 posted on 04/07/2004 8:24:27 AM PDT by AmericanMade1776
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To: Oldeconomybuyer
I'd rather spend ten years in a quagmire than one minute being Helen Thomas. Or ten seconds looking at Helen Thomas.
54 posted on 04/07/2004 8:32:56 AM PDT by T'wit ("Now and then, an innocent man is elected to Congress" -- Will Rogers)
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To: macamadamia
Helen, your face is a quagmire!

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

55 posted on 04/07/2004 8:35:04 AM PDT by dawn53
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To: Oldeconomybuyer
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

56 posted on 04/07/2004 8:36:34 AM PDT by Publius (Will kein Gott auf Erden sein, sind wir selber Götter.)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer
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.
57 posted on 04/07/2004 8:38:51 AM PDT by Outraged
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To: presidio9
Can you imagine if Helen Thomas and Andy Rooney had a baby what that would be like? Thank god that will never happen!
58 posted on 04/07/2004 8:39:42 AM PDT by Harley
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To: presidio9
Can you imagine if Helen Thomas and Andy Rooney had a baby what that would be like? Thank god that will never happen!
59 posted on 04/07/2004 8:39:47 AM PDT by Harley
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To: Harley

60 posted on 04/07/2004 8:45:04 AM PDT by presidio9 ("There are no mistakes -- only Happy Accidents." -Bob Ross)
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