"We discovered that all what the (Iraqi) information minister was saying was all lies. Now no one believes Al-Jazeera anymore." - Ali Hassan, Egypt
"I don't like the idea of having the Americans here, but we asked for it. Why don't we see the Americans going to Finland, for example? They come here because our area is filled with dictatorships like Saddam's." - Tannous Basil, Lebanon
"This is a message for the Arab regimes, and could be the beginning of transformation in the Arab region," al-Absi said. "Without the honest help of the Western nations, the reforms will not take place in these countries." - Tarek al-Absi, Yemen
We love Bush. We love Blair. I'm happy. Everybody in Kurdistan is happy. We love America. We love Britain. Thank you. Thank you." - Baban Mohammed, Iraq
"Nobody else had the guts to do it. George Bush is a great leader.He works for peace in the world. We want to thank the people of Britain and America who sent their sons and daughters to fight in Iraq. Tony Blair is a very brave and sensible man." - Khabat Ibrahim, Iraq
APOLOGIZE, ALREADY
SNOW: If people are dancing in the streets of Baghdad after a war...
GAROFALO: OK, what are you going to say? "Are you going to apologize?" Everybody asks me that...
SNOW: No, I'm not asking you if you're going to apologize. Are you just going to say, "Well, I guess I was wrong"?
GAROFALO: I would love to be wrong about this, Tony.
SNOW: OK. - excerpt from Fox News Sunday interview with Janeane Garofalo.
Michael Moore, thanks to you we don't have to thank you at all! But don't worry; none of the following have been or will ever be done in your name:
Freeing hundreds of imprisoned Iraqi children whose only crime was refusing to join Saddam's band of youthful thugs.
Liberating Iraqi prisoners from ghastly torture by electrocution, beatings, starvings, mutilations, chemical baths, and other disgusting methods.
Successfully keeping the Turks and Kurds from fighting in Northern Iraq.
Preventing an ecological disaster, with only two actively burning oil fields in southern Iraq.
Being greeted enthusiastically, hugged, kissed, given flowers by grateful Iraqi citizens.
Keeping Israel out of the war, and ensuring Iraqi SCUDS were absent from the western zone.
Returning the wealth of Iraq to the Iraqi people.
Mimimizing the amount of civilian casualties and striking the enemy with unprecedented precision.
Walking through Baghdad within three weeks.
Returning once exiled Iraqis to their homeland to be treated as heroes by their neighbors.
A point here, before continuing. 4 bunker buster bombs. In one area. Only about a dozen killed. How's that for precise?
I would be so willing to say, 'I'm sorry.' I hope to God that I can be made a buffoon of, that people will say, 'You were wrong. You were a fatalist.' And I will go to the White House on my knees on cut glass and say, 'Hey, you and Thomas Friedman [sic] were right. . . . I shouldn't have doubted you' - Janeane Garofalo
Janeane: YOU WERE WRONG! YOU WERE A FATALIST! Who's going to buy her tickets to DC to apologize?
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"This used to be a nice place, they should make it like a Six Flags, or something." - Spc. Robert Blake, 20, 3rd BT, 7th Infantry "We have been waiting for you for a long time. We are now happier than you. You are victorious as far as the war is concerned, but we are victorious in life. We have been living, not as human beings, for more than 30 years." - Saad Ahmed, Iraqi English teacher
How is it that liberal loonies like Michael Moore, Bartcop, and Susan Sarandon can keep their head in the sand for so long? Bart, for instance, complains that we're killing Iraqis in every city when we could have just taken Baghdad. Has Bart noticed the dramatic change in the people of Iraq after the grip has been loosened from around their necks. Yes, we HAVE been killing Iraqis - the Fedayeen, SSO, and Republican Guard. The Iraqi citizens, as alluded to by the quote above, are very grateful and joyous. Don't let misguided, hate-blinded morons like Bartcop make you think otherwise.
