Karen Hughes replacement Glassman: "It has been a war unmatched in history"

[laststeamtrain]

He seems like a brilliant guy.


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In an article he wrote in 2003, Glassman said, "...the anti-war protesters remain clueless. They're still planning their marches. Instead, they should be apologising. Before the war, they told us that 500,000 Iraqis would be killed in Dresden-like bombing, that we would precipitate an eco-catastrophe by pushing Saddam to set fire to his oil wells, that millions of people would flee the country, that thousands of our own troops would be killed, that the Arab 'street' would rise up, that terrorist attacks would resume ferociously on our homeland, that Iraqis would tenaciously resist our colonisation of their land, that we would become bogged down in urban warfare, and on and on."

Glassman continued, "In fact, none of that has happened. It has been a war unmatched in history, with relatively few civilian and allied casualties and the prime objectives -- control of the capital and the destruction of Saddam's regime -- achieved in only a few weeks. Conscientious opponents of the war should say they were wrong, wrong, wrong - on all counts."

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http://www.ipsnews.net/news.asp?idnews=40516

[TwilightZone]

1. Pretty much everything he said wouldn't happen...did happen.

He's either a denier or an idiot.

[Nite Owl]

2. What fantasyland does he come from,

we were right.

[Hand]

3. Same sh-t, different a--hole. nt

[asjr]

4. It seems that there is a never-ending

supply of ignorant incompetent people just waiting to be called on by GWB.

[Whoa_Nelly]

5. Good find

Have sent it on to Olbermann ;)

[laststeamtrain]

9. I wonder if this guy & William Kristol get together...

I wonder if this guy & William Kristol get together for fantasy role-playing games & copious amounts of booze on cold winter nights?

Their favorite game is "Clueless & WRONG WRONG WRONG:The NeoCon World Domination Game".

[lapfog_1]

6. Kinda Fact challenged, isn't he???

500,000 dead Iraqis - about right, maybe on the low end.

Saddam didn't set fire to his oil wells because that's the first (and only) thing our ground forces secured.

Millions of people HAVE fled the country.

Thousands of our own troops HAVE been killed.

The Arab "street" actively hates the US and IS a great recruiting ground for Al Qiada.

terrorist attacks around the world HAVE gone up.

The Iraqis were resisting us (till we made a DEAL with them)... now they are waiting patiently for us to LEAVE.

We DID become bogged down in urban warfare. Still are. I dare any US or European (or even Asian or African) to walk the markets of Iraq (in ANY town with the possible exception of Kurdish areas) alone and unarmed. In broad daylight, never mind at night time.

He was wrong on all counts. And remains so.

[alfredo]

11. They did secure the oil ministry.

[tularetom]

7. Sure has been unmatched in history

for poor planning, poor execution and poor strategy.

[mahatmakanejeeves]

8. It Gets Worse.

Glassman is currently chairman of the Broadcasting Board of Governors (BBG), the organisation responsible for conveying Washington's messages through television and radio to the Middle East, Iran, Cuba, and other areas of the world. Washington-watchers have speculated that Glassman was nominated because he had already been confirmed by the Senate for his BBG post.
....

Glassman, a former syndicated columnist, is perhaps best known for his prediction that the Dow Jones Industrial Average would reach 36,000 during the last bull market.

How'd that turn out? I'm still waiting for my gummint bailout.

[ProfessorGAC]

10. I Got One Word To Describe Jimmy G.

Dope.
The Professor

[Ganja Ninja]

12. Deja vu. They're crowing today just like they did ...

after the fall of Saddam. Lets see if they're crowing 6 months from now.

[DemGa]

13. "Creating" reality again by saying stuff

Right wing-nut unabashedly prevaricates -- gee, I'm surprised.

[Javaman]

14. I see this tool setting himself up for one of the kings* "listening* tours...

we all know how successful they are...

:sarcasm: