Originally posted by: sandorski
No where does he say that "Saddam is winning". He said the same thing that many are saying outside of Iraq, that being that the war plan has not worked as expected. Is he to be an agent of the US in order to be Objective?
Picture an Iraqi populace seeing Arnett's interview and then this:
The Iraqis are swaggering. Eleven days after the start of the coalition operation to overthrow Saddam Hussein, official Iraqi statements are already sounding victorious.
In his daily briefing yesterday in Baghdad, the Iraqi army's spokesman, Gen Hazem al-Rawi, said: "The enemy's plans, based on a poor assessment of the will of the Iraqi people, have failed.
"On the 11th day of the attack on Iraq by criminal invaders, this is the true military situation on all fronts," he began.
"The enemy advance has stopped. We have inflicted heavy losses. Several hundred dead and more than a thousand wounded and we have destroyed more than 130 tanks and armoured vehicles," he claimed.
"The Americans are asking for reinforcements. Everything points to their defeat."
What would you think if you were one of them?
Arnett's comments back that ridiculous view of reality to the hilt.