MIDEAST VICTORY MIDEAST VICTORY

The New York Post ^ | July 14, 2003 | RALPH PETERS

[GiovannaNicoletta]

LOOKING for a little peace and quiet this summer? Check out the notorious "Arab Street."

Remember how, on the eve of Operation Iraqi Freedom, every strategic genius with a word processor or a microphone warned us that our efforts to depose Saddam would lead to an eruption of violent rage in Arab cities that would forever destroy American influence, peace and the corporate future of Coca-Cola?

[GiovannaNicoletta]

Can you please remove the second "Mideast Victory" from the title?

There was supposed to be only one.

Thanks!

[Support Free Republic]

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[nopardons]

Great article...could you gals use your ping lists ?

[nopardons]

Over here for a good read.

[Mo1]

The love affair between Schroeder and Chirac isn't looking especially orgasmic these days. And Frere Jacques is regretting all those threats he made against the dictator-hating states of Eastern Europe, who'll soon have votes on E.U. policy.

Happy Bastille Day, Jackie-boy.

The Post is on a roll today .. *L*

[nopardons]

It usually is. :-)

I'll reread it all. over coffe, when I get up. I just LOVE the N.Y. Post !

[goldstategop]

LOL! Yeah the violence in Iraq has been instigated by pro Saddam "bitter enders" in Iraq's predominantly Sunni areas. Its interesting there have been no attacks against U.S forces in Iraq's predominantly Shiite South. We should be so lucky to have such an enemy. And with the inauguration of a new post-Saddam government, we've made astonishing progress towards the day when our troops will be glad to quit Iraq altogether. When that happens, we can finally say to the boys coming home, "America thanks you for a job well done." Perhaps then we'll hold that long overdue victory parade in New York City and Washington, D.C.

[rabidralph]

Great to read a "big picture" perspective, rather than the hand-wringing and whining going on in the press and this web site.

[MEG33]

The voice of sanity.

[MEG33]

A Ralph Peters treasure!

[livius]

Great observations! If the press had any interest in telling the truth, this is what it would be talking about.

Bump.

[MeekOneGOP]

During the war, unseasoned journalists reported every minor exchange of fire as if it were the Little Big Horn, Part Two. Now, the obsession of reporters with every sprained ankle in our occupation force ignores the tremendous good we have done, the strategic advantages we have gained - and the potential, at last, for a measure of meaningful progress in the world's most politically, culturally and morally backward region.

If we took the criteria for instant failure that the media and our most self-interested politicians apply to Iraq and applied them here at home, the U.S. government would be obliged to evacuate California and abandon Mississippi, since two shooting incidents in those states last week killed more Americans than did the low-level violence in Iraq.

[MEG33]

Who printed that!?SF Commiecle??

[MeekOneGOP]

Not sure exactly. I picked that up on another thread a month or so back.

[MEG33]

It has that look!

[Miss Marple]

Besides writing an excellent articile outlining our accomplishments in the Mideast, Mr. Peters has coined a great phrase for the supporters of howard Dean:

The Deanie Weenies!!!!

Hahahahaha!

[MEG33]

I remember his very serious columns and didn't see this side of him at all!

[MEG33]

Great column and thought you might like #13.

[Ragtime Cowgirl]

Wow! Two articles today from journalists looking beyond the daily negative reporting to the overall awesome efforts of our troops, and to the big victory we gave the free world by toppling Saddam.

Thank you for the ping and the post!

A question of guilt (Brit. skewers R. Cook and defends the US of A)
http://politics.guardian.co.uk ^ | 7/13/03 | Nick Cohen

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On June 10 - Saddam's bad guys killed one of our brave soldiers and wounded another.

 

CENTCOM released more than a casualty report on June 10.

 

On June 10 - their fellow Soldiers, Airmen, Marines and Guard - men and women in uniform -did this to Saddam's bad guys:    

 

 ONE DAY IN IRAQ