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Good news about Iraq!!!!
Posted: Sat Jan 24, 2004 6:11 am
by mart
In a newspaper report today there was a very encouraging quote from US Major General Raymond Odierno. " I believe within six months I think you're going to see some normalcy".
Mart
Re: Good news about Iraq!!!!
Posted: Sat Jan 24, 2004 9:58 am
by Bob Singleton
mart wrote:
In a newspaper report today there was a very encouraging quote from US Major General Raymond Odierno. " I believe within six months I think you're going to see some normalcy".
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That can only mean one thing.... ahead of any elections (which, by the way, the White House was opposed to having as early as this year... so much for democracy!!!), Bagdhad will see the opening ceremony of it's first McDonalds, swiftly followed by KFC, Pizza Hut and a multiplex cinema showing all the Rocky films.
God Bless America!!!
Re: Good news about Iraq!!!!
Posted: Sat Jan 24, 2004 10:10 am
by Marblehead Johnson
Call me cynical, but I presume that "within six months" means just about the time that the Americans are due to go into the polling booths!!
Please don't get me started on why Bush shouldn't be in the White House anyway.
Re: Good news about Iraq!!!!
Posted: Sat Jan 24, 2004 11:19 am
by Bayleaf
What's normalcy? Is it a brand only available in the US or can you get over here?
God forbid he actually meant another (similar) word but found it easier to make something up than find out what's correct.
Re: Good news about Iraq!!!!
Posted: Sat Jan 24, 2004 12:04 pm
by alec
It grates on my ears too, but 'normalcy' is correct usage, though mainly used in America - see Eric Partridge, Usage and Abusage, New Edition, 1994, p. 209.
Re: Good news about Iraq!!!!
Posted: Sat Jan 24, 2004 1:19 pm
by woodgnome
someone's got to invent 'em, so why not a president?
Re: Good news about Iraq!!!!
Posted: Sat Jan 24, 2004 4:17 pm
by mart
So you think he meant Iraq will be back to it's pre-invasion state?....lol
Mart
Re: Good news about Iraq!!!!
Posted: Sat Jan 24, 2004 4:29 pm
by Marblehead Johnson
Maybe Bush will put Saddam in charge again to restore order!!
Re: Good news about Iraq!!!!
Posted: Sat Jan 24, 2004 5:43 pm
by mart
As they say.... "Only in America!".
Mart
Re: Good news about Iraq!!!!
Posted: Sun Jan 25, 2004 1:30 pm
by jj
The best news about Iraq is that it's a long, long way away.