They Said That?!

Within the United States there is growing challenge to President Bush about the conduct of the war and also opposition to the war. So our reports about civilian casualties here….help those who oppose the war.

Clearly the American war planners misjudged the determination of the Iraqi forces….And I personally do not understand how that happened because I’ve been here many times and in my commentaries on television I would tell the Americans about the determination of the Iraqi forces the determination of the government and the willingness to fight for their country. But me and others who felt the same way were not listened to by the Bush administration.

Now America is re-appraising the battlefield delaying the war maybe a week and re-writing the war plan. The first war plan has failed because of Iraqi resistance; now they are trying to write another war plan.  * Then-NBC/MSNBC/National Geographic Explorer correspondent Peter Arnett’s comments on Iraq’s state-controlled television network March 30 shown by C-SPAN.

And The Winner Is…

MRC’s Quote of the Year: If she had lived Mary Jo Kopechne would be 62 years old. Through his tireless work as a legislator Edward Kennedy would have brought comfort to her in her old age. 

* Charles Pierce in a January 5 Boston Globe Magazine article. Kopechne drowned while trapped in Kennedy’s submerged car off Chappaquiddick Island in July 1969 an accident Kennedy did not report for several hours.

To view the entire list of this year’s Best Notable Quotables and to see how a panel of 46 judges ranked them visit the MRC website at www.mediaresearch.org.