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No surprise: Bush lied in his speech the other night
"Harry Krause" wrote in message ... Embedded TIME Reporter: Bush Lied In Speech Yesterday About Iraqi Security Forces http://thinkprogress.org/2005/12/01/...time-reporter/ Yesterday, President Bush claimed that Iraqi security forces "primarily led" the assault on the city of Tal Afar. Bush highlighted it as an "especially clear" sign of the progress Iraq security forces were making in Iraq. "The progress of the Iraqi forces is especially clear when the recent anti-terrorist operations in Tal Afar are compared with last year's assault in Fallujah. In Fallujah, the assault was led by nine coalition battalions made up primarily of United States Marines and Army - with six Iraqi battalions supporting them...This year in Tal Afar, it was a very different story. The assault was primarily led by Iraqi security forces - 11 Iraqi battalions, backed by five coalition battalions providing support." TIME Magazine reporter Michael Ware, who is embedded with the U.S. troops in Iraq who participated in the Tal Afar battle, appeared on Anderson Cooper yesterday. He said Bush's description was completely untrue: "I was in that battle from the very beginning to the very end. I was with Iraqi units right there on the front line as they were battling with al Qaeda. They were not leading. They were being led by the U.S. green beret special forces with them. Green berets who were following an American plan of attack who were advancing with these Iraqi units as and when they were told to do so by the American battle planners. The Iraqis led nothing." Who will I believe? Bush or a journalist from Time magazine? Hmmmm Look, when we were in the first Gulf, Iraqis were a bunch of scared little sissies (worse than liberals - like they have never been in a fight). They were afraid to fight us, so I do believe that they may not be the best to protect the Iraqi populace. However, they are not fighting Americans now, but insurgents who are usually Iranians, Syrians or other Arabs. They are also fed up with outsiders from both sides, and I think American training is finally giving them the edge. I am in touch with some of my buddies, one of whom is now a gunnery sergeant in the Marines. He has gained some respect for the Iraqis - in the way they can be trained and the way they fight. I wish I could post the progression of his emails to me. A year ago he said Iraqis could never be trained, now he thinks that there is a good chance Americans will be out of there sooner than he thought. So it does look better. He also says that most embedded journalists are liberal scum looking for excuses to make the war look worse than it is. |
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No surprise: Bush lied in his speech the other night
On Fri, 2 Dec 2005 12:49:19 -0600, "Dan J.S." wrote:
"Harry Krause" wrote in message ... Embedded TIME Reporter: Bush Lied In Speech Yesterday About Iraqi Security Forces http://thinkprogress.org/2005/12/01/...time-reporter/ Yesterday, President Bush claimed that Iraqi security forces "primarily led" the assault on the city of Tal Afar. Bush highlighted it as an "especially clear" sign of the progress Iraq security forces were making in Iraq. "The progress of the Iraqi forces is especially clear when the recent anti-terrorist operations in Tal Afar are compared with last year's assault in Fallujah. In Fallujah, the assault was led by nine coalition battalions made up primarily of United States Marines and Army - with six Iraqi battalions supporting them...This year in Tal Afar, it was a very different story. The assault was primarily led by Iraqi security forces - 11 Iraqi battalions, backed by five coalition battalions providing support." TIME Magazine reporter Michael Ware, who is embedded with the U.S. troops in Iraq who participated in the Tal Afar battle, appeared on Anderson Cooper yesterday. He said Bush's description was completely untrue: "I was in that battle from the very beginning to the very end. I was with Iraqi units right there on the front line as they were battling with al Qaeda. They were not leading. They were being led by the U.S. green beret special forces with them. Green berets who were following an American plan of attack who were advancing with these Iraqi units as and when they were told to do so by the American battle planners. The Iraqis led nothing." Who will I believe? Bush or a journalist from Time magazine? Hmmmm Look, when we were in the first Gulf, Iraqis were a bunch of scared little sissies (worse than liberals - like they have never been in a fight). They were afraid to fight us, so I do believe that they may not be the best to protect the Iraqi populace. However, they are not fighting Americans now, but insurgents who are usually Iranians, Syrians or other Arabs. They are also fed up with outsiders from both sides, and I think American training is finally giving them the edge. I am in touch with some of my buddies, one of whom is now a gunnery sergeant in the Marines. He has gained some respect for the Iraqis - in the way they can be trained and the way they fight. I wish I could post the progression of his emails to me. A year ago he said Iraqis could never be trained, now he thinks that there is a good chance Americans will be out of there sooner than he thought. So it does look better. He also says that most embedded journalists are liberal scum looking for excuses to make the war look worse than it is. Chris Mathews interviewed a journalist about the same battle. He said the President presented the facts. Chris seemed shocked! The fact that a Special Forces soldier may have accompanied the Iraqi battalions does not mean that the Iraqi battalions were preceeded by Special Forces units. Of course, most non-military types wouldn't know any better. -- John H "It's not a *baby* kicking, beautiful bride, it's just a fetus!" [A Self-obsessed Hypocrite] |
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