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

[spindrifter]

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.

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http://www.guardian.co.uk/Iraq/Story/0,,1938419,00.html

[MadMaddie]

1. A work of Art may kill the artist but not populations and Armys....

[Whoa_Nelly]

2. Yeah. People dying is just so...well, so MESSY!

STFU, Caldwell! :mad:

[marmar]

3. A work of art? .....

Like "The Scream"? :scared:

[bdamomma]

4. I heard that and I said to myself

:wtf: what a sick thing to say.

[opihimoimoi]

6. The RW Spin knows no boundaries

[pocoloco]

5. My my, maybe it is the gererals fault.

But rummy picked 'em!

[Straight Shooter]

7. Work of art.

Caption: July 21, 2005 | A security guard’s daughter screamed after her father, Jalil Shaalan, was shot by gunmen outside a Baghdad school compound yesterday. (Photo: Hadi Mizban / AP)

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Yes, just look at the beautiful composition in this photo.

:sarcasm:

[NOLADEM]

8. If this war is a work of art, then it is a John Wayne Gacy self portrait

[LynnTheDem]

9. Tell that to the family survivors, MFer.

You filthy dirty sick MFer.

bush's generals; as sick and as stupid and as "christian compassionate" as bush himself.