Reply #23: The morons have turned flowers and candy into full vengeance quest [View All]

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My guess is some of these generals don't even know their own military morass. Some are so far gone that they have become delusional. They even seem to basing their actions on the very disinformation that they are feeding the public


General Calls Insurgency in Iraq a Sign of U.S. Success
Political Achievements Are Cause of Uprising, Myers Says

By Sewell Chan
Washington Post Foreign Service
Friday, April 16, 2004; Page A10

BAGHDAD, April 15 -- The chairman of the U.S. Joint Chiefs of Staff said Thursday that the deadly insurgency that flared this month is "a symptom of the success that we're having here in Iraq" and an effort to undermine the country's transition to self-government.


Asked at a news conference here whether the military had failed to counter insurgents' attacks in Iraq, Air Force Gen. Richard B. Myers said guerrillas want to undermine several political successes, including the creation of the Iraqi Governing Council, the signing of a bill of rights and efforts by the United Nations to devise an interim government that would assume power on June 30.

"I think it's that success which is driving the current situation, because there are those extremists that don't want that success," Myers said. "They see this as a test of wills, a test of resolve against those who believe in freedom and self-determination against those who prefer a regime like we saw previously in Afghanistan, or perhaps a regime like we saw previously in Iraq."

Flanked by Lt. Gen. Ricardo Sanchez, the U.S. ground commander in Iraq, Myers also said the Marines were ready to resume combat in the besieged city of Fallujah because insurgents have repeatedly violated a five-day-old cease-fire
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