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June 27, 2005

Rumsfeld: Insurgency Could Last 12 More Years

Remember how the invasion of Iraq was going to be a "cakewalk" and U.S. soldiers were going to be greeted with flowers? Remember how anyone who questioned that was considered an anti-American leftist who was "with the terrorists"?

Well, it seems these days that our Secretary of Defense has turned into just such an anti-American leftist, at least according to this report.

Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld said Sunday he is bracing for even more violence in Iraq and acknowledged that the insurgency "could go on for any number of years."

Defeating the insurgency may take as long as 12 years, he said, with Iraqi security forces, not U.S. and foreign troops, taking the lead and finishing the job.

Ah, yes, those phantom "Iraqi security forces" will do the trick! Face it, Rummy: the U.S. is going to be there for years and years, and our troops will be the ones battling--and creating--the insurgency.

Still, it's nice of you to admit now what some of us have known since well before the war officially began.

Posted by Mike Tennant at June 27, 2005 12:04 PM

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