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Quote of the Year …

… so far, but this will be tough to beat:

“If you talk to these sheiks, they’ll tell you that they’re in no hurry to see the Americans leave al-Anbar. 

“One thing Sheikh Sattar keeps saying is he wants al-Anbar to be like Germany and Japan and South Korea were after their respective wars, with a long-term American presence helping … put them back together,” MacFarland said. “The negative example he cites is Vietnam. He says, yeah, so, Vietnam beat the Americans, and what did it get them? You know, 30 years later, they’re still living in poverty.”

— Col. Sean B. MacFarland, 1st BCT, 1st AD

Smart sheikh. 

Topics: Iraq, military

  Posted by Jules Crittenden at 2:36 am on Thursday, February 22, 2007

8 Responses to “Quote of the Year …”

1. saltydog Says:
   February 22nd, 2007 at 2:42 am

   Oh, who wants to listen to the people who actually have a dog in the fight? What the hell do they know?

   Doesn’t this sheikh realize he’s being occupied by the Great Satan?

2. Grimmy Says:
   February 22nd, 2007 at 3:05 am

   Part of our bio weapons research discovered a genetically mutated worm that can be put into some one’s ear and it will burrow into their brain and allow for thought waves beamed from space via satellites to control them.

   or something like that.

3. alphie Says:
   February 22nd, 2007 at 4:36 am

   Vietnam beat the Americans?

   Sounds like we better ship this smart sheikh a few wingnut history books, pronto!

4. The_Real_JeffS Says:
   February 22nd, 2007 at 9:17 am

   Very smart sheiks. It took them a while to get the message, though, from what I heard.

   Too bad the Dhimmicrats aren’t as smart.

5. CavMedic Says:
   February 22nd, 2007 at 2:10 pm

   Nothing good comes from a nasty dustup between the Sunnis and Shia if we quit the fight and the Shiekh is smart enough to realize that (unlike some people).

6. Kyda Sylvester Says:
   February 22nd, 2007 at 4:21 pm

   Didn’t I see that on an episode of “The X-Files”, Grimmy?

7. Blue Star Chronicles Says:
   February 22nd, 2007 at 11:58 pm

   Quote of the Year

   I wish I could take credit for finding this quote - but I didn’t. Jules Crittenden did and I just found it at his place.
   “If you talk to these sheiks, they’ll tell you that they’re in no hurry to see the Americans leave al-Anbar.
   “One th…

8. Grimmy Says:
   February 23rd, 2007 at 2:04 am

   Kyda, I was leaning more toward The Wrath of Khan but x-files works too.

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