Mission impossible
“One of the hardest parts of my job is to console the family members who have lost their life.” — Emperor George Bush II, April 13.
Untermenschen I
“One senior [British] Army officer told The Telegraph that ... American troops viewed Iraqis as untermenschen — the Nazi expression for ‘sub-humans'.” — London Daily Telegraph, April 4.
Untermenschen II
“What we found was a huge rat's nest that is still festering today. It needs to be dealt with.” — Herr General Richard Myers, head of the US Joint Chiefs of Staff, describing the Iraqi city of Fallujah, April 22.
Final solution?
“One senior American officer said that ... American troops could turn Fallujah into `a killing field in a couple of days'.” — New York Times, April 22.
Stay out of Fallujah 'cos...
“Former Saddam henchmen will not be allowed to carve out portions of that city.” — US war secretary Donald Rumsfeld, commenting on Fallujah, April 19.
Uncle Sam needs you
“Some of Saddam's once-feared henchmen may be re-hired by the coalition in Iraq to help stabilise the increasingly volatile country, US officials said today.” — Glasgow Scotsman, April 22.
The Lucky (for some) Country
“People at the bottom of the wealth distribution, the bottom 30% for example, they have very little. When you look at the very top, the top richest 10%, they have — according to the HILDA survey — 45% of all wealth in Australia, and that's probably an underestimate.” — Mark Wooden, director of the Melbourne Institute's Household Income and Labour Dynamics in Australia survey, interviewed on ABC Radio National's World Today program, April 23.
From Green Left Weekly, April 29, 2004.
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