May 16, 2004
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The Iraqi general of the Fallujah brigade sees the big picture...
The Iraqi general who has taken over security in the contested city of Fallujah spoke to local leaders in a forthright fashion defending the United States and it's mission there.
It's always tempting, and prudent, to take such comments with a grain of salt - he wouldn't be the first general to say what the US wants to hear in order to aggrandize his own personal power base. But these words are needed in Iraq - and here at home. There is precious little air time given to those speaking and acting in support of the United States in Iraq - about as little given to those speaking on it's behalf here.
In a nutshell, the general get's it - the US came to remove a coward, and will help build a better Iraq, but only if the insurgents stop shooting at us. If he can get it, why can't Ted Kennedy?
Posted by MEC2 at May 16, 2004 07:02 PM