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Re: [casi] US will declare "rolling" victory



Sounds like Mike Tyson refusing to come out for his15th round with a 98
pound street fighter and saying he's won.

But then, Bush doesn't have the cojones to take a question from Helen
Thomas, so it's plausible.

Max Le Blond
----- Original Message -----
From: "ppg" <ppg@nyc.rr.com>
To: <casi-discuss@lists.casi.org.uk>
Sent: Friday, April 04, 2003 9:42 PM
Subject: [casi] US will declare "rolling" victory


> April 4, Washington Post
>
> http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A23898-2003Apr3.html
>
> "The Bush administration has devised a strategy to declare victory in Iraq
> even if Saddam Hussein or key lieutenants remain at large and fighting
> continues in parts of the country, officials said yesterday.
>
> The concept of a "rolling" victory contemplates a time -- not yet
> determined -- when U.S. forces control significant territory and have
> eliminated a critical mass of Iraqi resistance. U.S. military commanders
> would establish a base of operations, perhaps outside Baghdad, and assert
> that a new era has begun. ... "
>
>
>
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