Oh, we made such fun of "Baghdad Bob," aka the Iraqi Information Minister. Now no lesser body than the Iraq Study Group essentially confirms: yup, he was pretty much on target. The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette's Tony Norman explains:
Nicknamed "Baghdad Bob" by a credulous American press corps all too willing to parrot Bush administration propaganda, the Iraqi bureaucrat had a talent for lurid prose that hinted at a poetic sensibility beneath the nonsense.
And it was more than "poetic," it turns out he was telegraphing a great whacking lot of military strategy right out there in front of God and everybody, including television cameras. Might have helped if somebody capable of understanding had been listening.
Carry on below...
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