“Someone’s in for a rude wakeup.” -- Updated
March 20, 2003
"Critter" Crittenden
The war started quietly just before dawn. I woke up in my sleeping bag on the Bradley’s lowered ramp and looked at my watch. It was 0429 hours local time, about half an hour after George Bush’s deadline elapsed. Col. Perkins had said we’d be parked under the air corridor the cruise missiles would pass through enroute to Baghdad. They’d be 350 feet overhead.
Ten minutes later, still lying in my bag with the night’s chill creeping in, I heard them. Small whiny jet noises, accompanied by a odd waffling sound of air turbulence. One after another. Voom, voom, voom. I counted 20, about $30 million worth and thought, “Someone’s in for a rude wakeup.” ...
*** Four Years On
Jules Crittenden
Anniversary roundup: The AP’s Jennifer Loven on Bush’s Iraq speech is worthless, as usual, setting up cherrypicked targets for the Dems to swing at with predictable rejoinders, or for the AP itself to belabor with poll results, none of which offer anything of any use to either Iraqi or American interests. Ignores polling that fails to stay in lanes.
WaPo does considerably better.
Here’s the actual speech: Bush calls for courage, patience, resolve. Withdrawal a recipe for disaster. ...
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Don't miss Bryan Preston's excellent related post here.
So, Mr. Hitchens, Weren't You Wrong About Iraq?
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