Tuesday, October 28, 2003
First Down Was Up; Then Night Was Day; And Now...
Bush Says Attacks Are Reflection of U.S. Gains
"The more successful we are on the ground, the more these killers will react," Bush said as he sat in the Oval Office with L. Paul Bremer, the U.S. administrator in Iraq. He added: "The more progress we make on the ground, the more free the Iraqis become, the more electricity is available, the more jobs are available, the more kids that are going to school, the more desperate these killers become, because they can't stand the thought of a free society."
Great! Finally we have a litmus test for success! As soon as all of Iraq is consumed in an apocalyptic nuclear firecloud, we'll know the Iraqi people have reached the pinnacle of free, liberal, capitalist, constitutional democracy!
Also: incredibly, this story's front-page headline on the web version of the WaPo reads "U.S. Seeks to Thwart Uprising." And the first paragraph refers to the "anti-American rebellion in Iraq." "Uprising"? "Anti-American rebellion"? Am I reading correctly? If the White House doesn't manage to get this language deleted by mid-morning, we will have truly crossed a new threshold...
posted by Blicero : 10/28/2003 03:10:00 AM
