“The members of the Bush team don’t seem bothered by the enormous ill will they have generated in the rest of the world. They seem to believe that other countries will change their minds once they see cheering Iraqis welcome our troops, or that our bombs will shock and awe the whole world (not just the Iraqis) or that what the world thinks doesn’t matter. They’re wrong on all counts.” –Paul Krugman, New York Times, 3/18/03
“The war was the hard part. The hard part was putting together a coalition, getting 300,000 troops over there and all their equipment and winning. And it gets easier. I mean, setting up a democracy is hard, but it is not as hard as winning a war.” –Fred Barnes, Fox News Channel, 4/10/03)
“Well, the hot story of the week is victory…. The Tommy Franks-Don Rumsfeld battle plan, war plan, worked brilliantly, a three-week war with mercifully few American deaths or Iraqi civilian deaths…. There is a lot of work yet to do, but all the naysayers have been humiliated so far…. The final word on this is, hooray.” –Morton Kondracke, Fox News Channel, 4/12/03)
“The second lie was that Iraq’s alleged weapons of mass destruction represent an imminent threat to U.S. security. Despite the most hugely expensive but secret high-tech spy operation in human history — estimated by most at well over $100 billion a year — and a vast network of defectors and spies, we have not been able to find their supposed weapons.” –Robert Scheer, The Los Angeles Times, 3/4/03
“Over the next couple of weeks when we find the chemical weapons this guy was amassing, the fact that this war was attacked by the left and so the right was so vindicated, I think, really means that the left is going to have to hang its head for three or four more years.” –Dick Morris, Fox News Channel, 4/19/03
“Never mind the secret State Department document (disclosed last week in The Los Angeles Times) that holds just the opposite view - that not only are the prospects for democracy in the region poor, but entrenched economic and social problems are likely to undermine even basic stability for years to come. President Bush may not see them, but the risks are enormous.” –Bob Herbert, The New York Times, 3/17/03
“I will bet you the best dinner in the gaslight district of San Diego that military action will not last more than a week. Are you willing to take that wager?” –Bill O’Reilly, Fox News Channel, 1/29/03)
Thanks to FAIR and Common Dreams for the quotes.
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