WOLFIE'S INCURABLE CHEERINESS: Paul Wolfowitz (a main pusher for the Iraq fiasco) is in Iraq now. So far, our Iraqi police have showed little inclination to fight the guerillas; they tend to disappear during crises. Yet W. rejoices at the (relatively few) recruits; the other day he gushed, "These young Iraqis are stepping forward to fight for their country along with us. It is a wonderful success story that speaks volumes."
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Volumes have been spoken, all right. Guerillas just shot down one of our multi-million-dollar helicopters with a $50 grenade-launcher. The number of guerilla attacks each day has surged higher, as well as the number of GIs killed (and the much higher number of those maimed or wounded) each week.
Indeed, the posh hotel in Baghdad where Wolfie was sleeping was pummeled with impunity by guerilla rocketeers, with one U.S. colonel killed and many people injured. Later, other explosions were heard near U.S. HQ.
A spokesman said the obvious: "Everyone working with the (U.S.) Coalition will be targetted." No high poobah on our side is safe: we couldn't protect UN honcho, or member of our puppet Council who was shot, or important Shiite clerics.
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Wolfie was still grimly in denial, as he was rushed out of a side door. In a shaking voice, he said, "There are a few who refuse to accept the reality of a free Iraq. We're getting the job done; This was the desperate act of a dying regime of criminals." /Reuters & FinTimes26OCT
Bush echoed him: this bombardment was an 'act of desperation' , not of triumph.
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One is reminded of Mark Twain's sunny description of a fight he was in: "I thrust my nose firmly between his teeth, and threw him to the ground on top of me."
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Secy.Powell was more honest: he admitted that "we did not expect the resistance to be this intense for this long." /GUARDIAN26OCT