Month July 2003

Retired Marine General calls Iraq a “quagmire” “<Retired Gen. William> Nash is reluctant to make comparisons with Vietnam: ‘There are far more things that were different about Vietnam than there are similarities. Except perhaps the word “quagmire“. Maybe that is…

Word – from Iraq, Iran, Muslim websites     From Muslim Wake up “Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld this week would have made surrealist artist René Magritte proud with his claim that the American occupation army in Iraq is not…

Blogging from Baghdad Two Iraqis who live in Baghdad blog about what life there is like now. From Salam Pax on Dear Raed “The most insane city, I just can’t imagine a city where so much explosive metal is lying…

I laugh at your puny 1,000 watt car sound system “Troy Irving’s 18-year-old Dodge Caravan has a heck of a sound system: 72 amplifiers — you got it, 72 — and 36 big 16-volt batteries to put out the 130,000…

Good morning Vietnam Troop morale in Iraq hits ‘rock bottom’ “US troops facing extended deployments amid the danger, heat, and uncertainty of an Iraq occupation are suffering from low morale that has in some cases hit “rock bottom.” The open-ended deployments in…