General calls Iraq insurgency a sign of U.S. success

[Cocoa]

http://www.washingtonpost.com/ac2/wp-dyn/A15911-2004Apr15?language=printer

BAGHDAD, April 15 -- The chairman of the U.S. Joint Chiefs of Staff said Thursday that the deadly insurgency that flared up 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."

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[LittleApple81]

1. Oh, my God!!! Black is White, Up is Down, War is Peace...n/t

[saigon68]

5. You mean this Fucken Moran



Gen. BLUE SUIT MEYERS puppet boy, US military catamite, appointed by Caesar Cheney in the year of Our Lord 2001

His quotes “Duh, we are winning” and on the increased violence that flared up this month is "a symptom of the success that we're having here in Iraq"

And "No my hand is not grabbing at her breast"

[IndianaGreen]

2. Westmoreland redux!

Myers is feeding the press an updated version of "light at the end of the tunnel"!

They should hire Baghdad Bob, at least he was entertaining!

[Eye and Monkey]

3. BushCo would call a complete rout and retreat "success". War is Peace.

Outsourcing creates Jobs. Work makes Freedom.

[HawkerHurricane]

4. So, the more of our soldiers they kill, the better we're doing?

I'm not sure that's how it's supposed to work, General.

[alcuno]

6. Uh oh. The "success" argument returns.

Will he be writing that in his letters to the families of the dead?

[saigon68]

12. He doesn't do letters to the Parents of the dead

He's into Leather, Bondage and Discipline in his spare time.

[skooooo]

7. Makes sense to me!

:wtf: :silly: :wtf: :wtf:

[jobycom]

8. Generals watch too many movies

A shark attack may be a sign that I'm successful in chumming the waters, but it would still hurt like Hell.

[evworldeditor]

9. Any more "successes" like this....

and we won't have any troops to bring home, except in flag-drapped coffins. Good gawd these people are totally nuts!

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http://www.evworld.com

[NNN0LHI]

10. "a symptom of the success that we're having here in Iraq"???

Can someone please get this guy into a rubber room before he hurts himself or others?

Don

[ex_jew]

11. So if no one shoots at us, we've failed ?

Sounds like we're setting the bar pretty low.

[w4rma]

13. Orwellian. (nt)

[nothingshocksmeanymore]

14. How do they get any sleep if they're up all night dreaming this

crap up? Speaking of Afghanistan......

[jimshoes]

15. And kidney stones are a sign of good urinary tract function

n/t

[Frangible]

16. dumbest thing I've heard all day

(nt)

[saigon68]

17. This one is good too

Rumbdumb called the troops a "fungible commodity".

But then again we have

DUMMY AND RUMMY

[Eye and Monkey]

23. Perhaps he meant 'fudge-able'.

Fungible: Definition:
a commodity that is freely interchangeable with another in satisfying an obligation

(law) of goods or commodities; freely exchangeable for or replaceable by another of like nature or kind in the satisfaction of an obligation

I suppose that "sends the right message to the troops".

[0007]

18. LOL!!

"It's a situation where you have clearly some foreign fighters, former regime element members who -- again, while the cease-fire is ongoing -- are attacking our Marines and are trying to gang up on us while we're sleeping. The other night the Iraqis were fly those damn jets so low...well it was very frightening," said General Meyers.

John Ashcroft is holding daily telecom prayer meetings that give us great comfort.

[July]

31. Sarcasm?

This isn't what the article says; am I missing the joke?

Jets -- not one Iraqi jet has been off the ground since the war started.

[dweller]

19. Obviously huffed too much napalm

early in the morning.

<strains of Wagner>

dp

[sniffa]

20. they're showing their desparation

we're winning the war to heLp brown skinned peopLe be free.

[0007]

21. The freepers must be going ballistic over this inaction

of their John Wayne type of guy, 'eh?

[saigon68]

22. Spc. Tyranna Felder

U.S. Army Spc. Adrian Felder holds the U.S. flag which was draped over the coffin of his wife, Spc. Tyranna Felder, in Bridgeport, Connecticut, April 15, 2004. Tyranna Felder was killed in Iraq (news - web sites) while assigned to the 2nd Infantry Division from Fort Louis, Washington. She was killed when a roadside bomb exploded near the vehicle she was riding in near Balad, and is the first female soldier from Connecticut killed in either Iraq or Afghanistan (news - web sites). REUTERS/Chip East


RIP-------------saigon

[saigon68]

24. Sgt. Maj. Michael B. Stack

Sgt. Maj. Michael B. Stack, 48, of Lake City, S.C., in this undatd phto, died April 11, 2004, in Al Anbar Province, Iraq (news - web sites), while his unit was conducting combat operations. Stack was assigned to the Armys 2nd Battalion, 5th Special Forces Group, Fort Campbell, Ky. (AP Photo/U.S. Army Fort Campbell)

RIP---------------------saigon

[orwell]

25. Success

Other signs of success in Iraq:

Torture rooms are now refurbished in a lovely red wallpaper.

Weapons of Mass Destruction are soon to be available at Baghdad WalMart.

Bush statues will soon be available for public toppling.

al-Sadr last seen with Brittney Spears in Basra nightclub.

New Dick Cheney stamp has finally been released.

O

[saigon68]

26. Staff Sergeant Victor Rosales and Specialist Allen Vantayburg

Soldiers from the 2nd Battalion, 2nd Regiment of the First Infantry Division pray after a memorial service for two comrades, on a military base near Najaf, Iraq (news - web sites), Thursday April 15, 2004. Staff Sergeant Victor Rosales and Specialist Allen Vantayburg were killed in action in the last two weeks. (AP Photo/str)


RIP-------------saigon

[nadinbrzezinski]

27. Damn and I thought that tthe brief today was close to the

Five O'Clock Follies... I missed West... err Myers brief on candy and flowers I see....

George (Orwell) you were prescient in describing our lovely Neo Cons...

[truthisfreedom]

28. he's right! this is what we've been hoping for! i've been so excited

this past couple of weeks... and bush really lifted my spirits with his very eloquent press conference too! man, am i a happy camper.

[renegade000]

29. oh I GET IT!

and all this time i thought that US soldiers getting blown up was bad...


:wtf:

[dusty64]

30. Unbelievable!

I don't know what else to say...............

[Kinkistyle]

32. A "symptom" of success?

Wowsers! Thats great news. In that case, I hope the Iraqi's kill loads more Americans and foreigners and thousands more Iraqi's kids get burned to a crisp.

Duh.