Monday, September 03, 2007

I kin see it... through mah fingers... heh heh heh

If'n Ah kinda crick mah neck this ways and stand on mah tippy toes....
“Though Mr. Bush never left the confines of the air base on his six-hour visit, he declared: ‘I have come here today to see with our own eyes the remarkable changes that are taking place in Anbar Province.’”
But:
“In truth, the progress in Anbar was initiated by the Iraqis themselves, a point Gates himself made, saying the Sunni tribes decided to fight and retake control from al-Qaida many months before Bush decided to send an extra 4,000 Marines to Anbar as part of his troop buildup.”

2 comments:

Anonymous said...

Not to mention the cost to taxpayers for yet another Operation Photo-op

ellroon said...

What is money when you are king?

And notice the weird phrasing: I have come here today to see with OUR own eyes...