A day or so ago, Josh Marshall said: “Every so often you just have to sit back and marvel at the Twilight Zone we’re living in at the moment.”
Indeed…Here’s one of those Twilight Zone moments from Wednesday, as reported by NY Times:
UNITED NATIONS, New York The rise in the number and ferocity of terrorist attacks by insurgents in Iraq is proof that they are getting weaker, not stronger, according to Iraq’s interim prime minister, Ayad Allawi.
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“We think that because our capabilities are improving, we are hitting them simultaneously, and as we are getting more precision, they are becoming deadlier and are attacking the recruits and the police because they have been hurt by these people.”
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“We think that because our capabilities are improving, we are hitting them simultaneously, and as we are getting more precision, they are becoming deadlier and are attacking the recruits and the police because they have been hurt by these people.”
Untwist that logic while you stir yourself up another pitcher.
Here’s a Great Game…Baghdad Bob or Iyad Allawi:
-They are not any place. They are on the move everywhere. They are a snake moving in the desert. They hold no place in Iraq. This is an illusion."
-”Few care to look at Iraq properly, and go from Basra to Nasiriyah, to Kut, to Diyala, to Najaf, to Karbala, to Diwaniyah, to Samawah, to Kirkuk, to Sulaymaniyah, to Dahuk, to Irbil. There are no problems, It’s safe. It’s good"
-Whenever we attack, they retreat. When we pound them with missiles and heavy artillery, they retreat even deeper
-"We are succeeding in Iraq. It’s a tough struggle with setbacks, but we are succeeding"