US General Calls Iraq "A Work Of Art In Progress"

[Jcrowley]

Iraq a 'work of art in progress' says US general after 49 die


Julian Borger in Washington
Friday November 3, 2006
The Guardian

An American general in Baghdad called Iraq a "work of art" in progress yesterday in one of the most extraordinary attempts by the US military leadership to put a positive spin on the worsening violence.

On a day in which 49 people were killed or found dead around the country, Major General William Caldwell, the chief military spokesman, argued that Iraq was in transition, a process that was "not always a pleasant thing to watch.

"Every great work of art goes through messy phases while it is in transition. A lump of clay can become a sculpture. Blobs of paint become paintings which inspire," Maj Gen Caldwell told journalists in Baghdad's fortified green zone.

"The final test of our efforts will not be the isolated incidents that you report daily, but the country that the Iraqis build." Perceptions of how the war is going have become a central factor in next Tuesday's congressional elections, which could determine President George Bush's freedom of manoeuvre in his last two years in office.

http://www.guardian.co.uk/Iraq/Story/0,,1938419,00.html?gusrc=rss&feed=1



I think this is what he means.

[williesgirl]

1. Last I heard killing of innocents not "art".

[oblivious]

2. Mass murder as an art form. That man is sick.

[tabasco]

3. Sounds like the general needs to get out of the CP.

Take a walk down the street, general.

Oh that's right, you can't.

The cabal has installed yes-men at the highest levels.

Our military will be damaged for many years.

[Spazito]

4. On reading the header, Picasso's "Guernica" was immediately

what came to mind to me as well.

[BattyDem]

5. Unfortunately, the main color used in this particular piece of art is ...

blood red. :-(

[lyonn]

6. Well General, that strategy ought to be a vote getter

"Iraq is a work of Art"