General Cotter on CNN, "There are new cars and cellphones in Baghdad

[Swede]

life is improving." WTF?

[RaleighNCDUer]

Ah, yup. And those new cellphones

are being used to trigger the bombs that blow up the new cars.

[LynneSin]

1. Good - bring our troops home them

Mission Accomplished - Iraqis can now drive in their cars while chatting on their cell phones. We don't need troops in Iraq anymore

[Norquist Nemesis]

2. New cars replacing the ones that were used as bombs, eh?

It's a virtual Garden of Eden over there!

Did he say whether they were Fords or Toyotas?

rah rah rah!

[ChickMagic]

28. This is just from memory

but I do remember saying that some of these new cars had Texas plates.

[Fresh_Start]

3. more cars and cellphones in gang areas in US too

of course, gang violence is increasing but don't let a little facts deter you from leaping to completely unfounded conclusions.

[City Lights]

4. And satellite dishes on many roofs!

:eyes:

If life is so grand there, it's time to bring the troops home!

[xxqqqzme]

14. that was my first reaction as well.

Holy joe used that as signs that things were going great - what - 2 years ago?

[hobbit709]

5. There are new cars and cellphones

in my neighborhood too but that doesn't mean life is improving for me. I still have a 15 year old truck and no income to speak of.

[shadowknows69]

6. The true test of a society's worth

New cars and cellphones. I don't own either so I guess I'm just scum.

[valerief]

Are they getting clean water and electricity? Is he just talking about the green zone? nt

[Kelly Rupert]

7. The first two are true.

Cell phones are about a hundred times more common than they were pre-war. Unfortunately, by nearly every non-cell-phone-related metric, life is worse now than under Saddam.

[RaleighNCDUer]

16. That's because the land-line phone system is basically defunct.

If you don't have a cell, you don't make a call.

[Kelly Rupert]

18. True, but availability is up too.

I mean, that's a positive. I guess.

[Amonester]

8. uh... oh... there Were new cars and cellphones in Baghdad

B4 03/03...

but, hey... therr general thinks we're all idiots...

[leftofthedial]

9. with all the "missing" billions in cash

I *bet* there are some new toys in Baghdad

[geardaddy]

10. Ahh but life doesn't really improve until.

You get an Olive Garden.

:sarcasm:

[BOSSHOG]

11. It sounds like a great vacation destination for conservatives

[Bob3]

12. Sorry we've heard this song before - trouble is

right after you finish singing it - usually there is a motor attack.

[jobycom]

13. To go along with violence, anarchy, and rockets being fired at UN officials.

[niyad]

15. all belonging to halliburton and blackwater mercenaries?

[alfredo]

17. Only in areas that have been successfully ethnically cleansed.

[Critters2]

19. Tell that to the General Secretary of the UN

cuz he didn't seem impressed when his pres conference was interrupted by a mortar attack. Some people refuse to see the good.

[Kagemusha]

20. Did Cotter bother to find out who is driving those cars?

No? Well nevermind then.

[mmonk]

21. Yes, but what do the native Iraqis have?

[donco6]

22. Great, war policy by anecdote.

Just what we need. :eyes:

[high density]

23. There's no reliable power for the cellphone towers, but oh well.

:eyes:

[hatrack]

24. Yes, they recharge the cell phones in the cars using adapters . . .

'Cuz the electricity sure as hell still isn't working.

[peacetalksforall]

25. That's our money - Blackwater cars and phones and money distributed

without accountability and with kickbacks a la Cunningham and aBRAMOFF.

[Solly Mack]

26. Uh, Iraqis always had cell phones, sheesh

Soldiers paid to use cell phones belonging to Iraqis back in 2003

[MidwestTransplant]

27. They can charge the cell phone batteries on 2 hrs. of electricity a day.

I guess that's so as long as they don't forget to plug in during that window!