I wish I could take credit for finding this quote - but I didn’t. Jules Crittenden did and I just found it at his place.
“If you talk to these sheiks, they’ll tell you that they’re in no hurry to see the Americans leave al-Anbar.
“One thing Sheikh Sattar keeps saying is he wants al-Anbar to be like Germany and Japan and South Korea were after their respective wars, with a long-term American presence helping put them back together,” MacFarland said. “The negative example he cites is Vietnam. He says, yeah, so, Vietnam beat the Americans, and what did it get them? You know, 30 years later, they’re still living in poverty.”
~ Col. Sean B. MacFarland, 1st BCT, 1st AD
Yeah - like I would’a said if I’d thought of it!
HA!
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February 23rd, 2007 at 2:15 pm
A Greener Country [Weekend Open Trackback]…
Pressure groups from around Naples protested in Rome last Wednesday against the illegal dumping by Mafia-controlled businesses of millions of tons of toxic waste that they say is to blame for a rise in the number of tumours among local residents. Envir…
February 23rd, 2007 at 2:28 pm
Hokey Smokes! Caption Contest: Week 38…
Tags: caption contest
Got a funny caption for this picture? Leave it in the comments! The winners will be announced next Friday.
To see last weeks winners, click ‘tell me more’.
Linked to Wizbang’s - ‘Wizbang Weekend Caption Contestâ„¢&#…
February 23rd, 2007 at 5:51 pm
The love of a Mother and Child…
A Wonderful Mother…
February 23rd, 2007 at 6:42 pm
Hybrids Not So Hot, Vilsack, Catholics and Bubba made $40 Million On Speaking Tour…
Hybrids Not So Hot After Fuel-Economy Changes
Vilsack out; scramble for Iowa supporters begins…
Catholic Church lobbies for open borders
ROARING ECONOMY: BILL CLINTON HAS MADE $40M ON THE LECTURE CIRCUIT…
Trackposted to Outside the Beltway…
February 23rd, 2007 at 7:10 pm
The 48-Hour Key to Understanding DNA…
Bruce’s day job, as regular readers know, is maintaining a database of genetic information. The goal of any genetics project is to find out which parts of the DNA do what. Insiders call this genetic annotation, and this article is……
February 24th, 2007 at 4:59 am
Oscars - The 79th Academy Awards February 25th…
The winners, and all the hot red carpet photos will be available right here as the results of the Academy Awards are announced Sunday night .
….and the nominees are
“Babel†“The Departed†“Letters from Iwo Jima†“Little Miss Sunsh…
February 24th, 2007 at 1:32 pm
Obama Wants Focused Political Attacks…
Borat [now that is just funny] Obama has been locked in a battle with Hillary Clinton and he says that this has got to stop. He has vowed not to get involved in dirty politics and the back and forth that he believes does no good. That is, of course, …
February 24th, 2007 at 3:38 pm
Conservapedia…
Finally, there is an alternative to Wikipedia that doesn’t have any controversial ideas at all: Conservapedia. Conservapedia is based on good Christian values, unlike Wikipedia, which I gather from the name, is based on Wiccan….
February 24th, 2007 at 6:30 pm
A nearly perfect reply…
Sometimes complaining about the criticism directed at oneself can result in an apology and the individual reframing their disagreement…
February 24th, 2007 at 8:29 pm
An Inconvenient Exaggeration…
It amazes me what counts as a documentary these days.
I do not begrudge Al Gore his Oscar. I do disagree completely with his premise. I just wish the film had been classified more appropriately as fiction, docudrama or fantasy….