<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; charset=iso-8859-1"> <META content="MSHTML 6.00.2800.1170" name=GENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=#ffffff> <DIV><FONT face="Lucida Sans Unicode" color=#008000 size=2>the shrub group thinks we're all a bunch of dumb clucks.</FONT></DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE style="PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: #008000 2px solid; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px"> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial">----- Original Message ----- </DIV> <DIV style="BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; FONT: 10pt arial; font-color: black"><B>From:</B> <A title=philion@hawaii.edu href="mailto:philion@hawaii.edu">steve philion</A> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A title=lbo-talk@lbo-talk.org href="mailto:lbo-talk@lbo-talk.org">lbo</A> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Sunday, July 13, 2003 11:17 AM</DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> [lbo-talk] This just in, Chickens have lips</DIV> <DIV><BR></DIV><A href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A45991-2003Jul11.html">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A45991-2003Jul11.html</A><BR><BR>  Only a month ago, in testimony before the House Armed Services Committee,<BR>Deputy Defense Secretary Paul Wolfowitz was playing down any notion of<BR>surprise at the extent of postwar fighting. "As we expected and planned<BR>for," he told the House committee, "smaller combat operations in Iraq<BR>continue, even as we work with Iraqis to establish stable and secure areas<BR>throughout Iraq."<BR><BR>  "Expected and planned for"? Mortar attacks, drive-by shootings, ambushes<BR>in broad daylight, 32 U.S. soldiers slain since May -- all this after<BR>President Bush declared Baghdad a done deal? Yeah, Wolfowitz and company saw<BR>it coming, all right. Chickens also have lips.<BR><BR>___________________________________<BR><A href="http://mailman.lbo-talk.org/mailman/listinfo/lbo-talk">http://mailman.lbo-talk.org/mailman/listinfo/lbo-talk</A><BR></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>