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| Iraqi SecDef: "I hate CNN." |
| 2006-06-14 |
| Juicy extract interview by Hugh Hewlitt with Sen. James Imhof. Other interesting comments about Haditha and other topics HH: Let's talk a little bit about the new defense minister, Jassin, Senator Inhofe. How's he strike you? Is he middle aged? Is he experienced in military matters? JI: Yeah, he's very experienced. He's a general. He is a career military guy, and he's tough as he can be. And he came out with all kinds of wild things. I probably shouldn't tell you this... HH: Oh, go ahead. JI: But...and this is so funny when it happened. I was talking to him through an interpretor, and I didn't know whether he could speak English. And I finally got to the point where I said look, our big problem is the media, the media back in the United States, because they're lying to the people of America. All of a sudden, in clear English, he said I hate CNN. HH: (laughing) JI: And I just shook my head, and I thought... HH: Did you toast him at that point? Did you clink glasses? Did he tell you why he hates CNN? JI: Oh, he said all they do is talk about negative things, things that are bad, and we have nothing but successes over here. And then he start enumerating the successes, which I can verify, because I'm there all the time. The number, out of 112 battalions, they have 62 of them. That's over half of them that are either level 2 or level 1. That means they can conduct their own combat. He made the statement, and this is one of the things that he says that CNN and some of the media keeps saying, they keep saying that America is leading them, and we're in the rear. And he said that's not true at all. We are leading, and America is offering support. In fact, of the last 500 special operations that took place, 75% of them were led by the Iraqis, not by the Americans. Only 25% were. Now if you go back, as I've done on almost a monthly basis, you can see how this changes. And a year ago, hardly any of them were led by the Iraqis. These guys...I was up in Fallujah during the last election, and they were so proud. They were going down there to vote, and they were targeted, because they were supposed to shoot any of the Iraqi security forces that voted. And they went down, they voted, and they came back, and they were real proud of it. And then, when I asked them the question, are you going to be able to take over the security of Iraq...it's kind of funny, because of the language problem, they said nein, nein. I thought that meant no, no, but that really means yes, yes. HH: Oh, okay. JI: So those guys are excited, and they're proud, and you talk to any of the...I challenge any of your listeners to talk to any of our reservists, or the Guard that comes back, and they'll tell you that these guys are learning fast, they're good soldiers, they're disciplined, and they're looking...well, in fact, Dr. Rubai, the guy that you need to watch, too, the national security advisor, he said that by the end of the year, he's going to recommend that the coalition forces cut down to 100,000. That's going to be a military decision, but this is an Iraqi saying that. |
| Posted by:Nimble Spemble |
| #7 Even our allies are seeing what a bunch of nitwits the MSM are. |
| Posted by: DarthVader 2006-06-14 23:59 |
| #6 What? The Iraqi SecDef unhappy because CNN won't bribe him or his people for access. It was good enough for Saddam's thugs, why not those actually picked through democratic processes. Oh wait, never mind. |
| Posted by: Churong Thang9876 2006-06-14 15:16 |
| #5 I think I heard of that network. Weren't they the ones who admitted that they shut up about a lot of the crap Saddam was pulling so they could have a Baghdad bureau? |
| Posted by: Desert Blondie 2006-06-14 14:33 |
| #4 Maybe the current Iraqi regime should force CNN to go back to their old way of Iraq reporting. "This just in, with 100% turn out, Maliki's plan for Iraq received 99.999999% of the vote...." |
| Posted by: Danking70 2006-06-14 13:06 |
| #3 I'm afraid the good Iraqi SecDef will have to take number and wait in the very long line to hate CNN. Welcome to our company, good sir! :-D |
| Posted by: Barbara Skolaut 2006-06-14 12:59 |
| #2 Iraqi SecDef Jassin: "I hate CNN." You have Lots of good company SecDef Jassin! |
| Posted by: RD 2006-06-14 12:29 |
| #1 If he hates CNN, hide the NYT -- his blood pressure will pop his head off. |
| Posted by: Darrell 2006-06-14 10:44 |