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Born at the Crest of the Empire

Friday, June 22, 2007

Military officials say the darnedest things - Part II

One more. General Petraeus in an interview with the British Times.
“There is a period of omnipotence. There was a period in the beginning when there was a ‘golden hour’. Inevitably, it does not matter how much you were viewed as a liberator, over time you will be seen as an occupier. The interesting dynamic here is that we have been here long enough to become liberators again for certain sectors of the population, those that are affected by extremism.”

Are they going to shower us with flowers and sweets this time? Will they name a square after George Bush?

2 Comments:

  • is it meant to be like the stockholm syndrome or something?

    By Anonymous Anonymous, at 8:43 AM  

  • I don't know. I think the argument is that it's all screwed up so badly that they have nowhere else to turn except to ask the US for help.

    By Blogger mikevotes, at 8:46 AM  

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