To everything (Turn, turn, turn)President Bush declared today, "We believe this is a turning point" in Iraq. If that sound familiar it is because we have been around this bend several times before.
There is a season (Turn, turn, turn)
And a time to every purpose Under Heaven
~ The Byrds, 1965
- May, 2003 ~ President Bush aboard the USS Abraham Lincoln, with the Mission Accomplished banner hanging in the background, said, "we have seen the turning of the tide."
- July, 2003 ~ The deaths of Uday and Qusay, Hussein's sons, in a bloody shotout, was heralded by Lt. General Ricardo Sanchez as "definitely going to be a turning point."
- December, 2003 ~ The capture of Saddam was the next turning point. Jed Babbin of National Review said, "if handled correctly - it can change the fight from a brewing ethnic civil war to one of Iraq and the Coalition against external forces." Guess it wasn't handled correctly, eh Jed?
- April, 2004 ~ The first attack on Fallujah. Although, to be honest, everybody except the President was calling the defeat of the Marines by Iraqi insurgents in Fallujah to be a turning point in favor of the insurgency.
- November, 2004 ~ After the US Presidential election, the Marines went back to Fallujah intending to either win or destroy the city. Central Command called their victory a turning point in its counterinsurgency efforts.
- Jaunary, 2005 ~ The Iraqi election. President Bush in his radio address said, "tomorrow the world will witness a turning point in the history of Iraq."
- December, 2005 ~ We were free of turning point references until the next Iraqi election. Bush said, "the year 2005 will be recorded as a turning point in the history of Iraq, the history of the Middle East and the history of freedom."
- May, 2006 ~ Here we go again. Another turning point.
Additional links: Common Dreams, World in Conflict, Antiwar.com
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