Shakin' Stephen
Radio National's Stephen Crittenden could barely contain his excitement this morning as he promised us a "corker" of an interview with retired Lt.Gen William E. Odom, who would tell us how the US Army was already "broken" in Iraq. Nothing like a bit of defeatism before I've even had my Sultana Bran. Crittenden's almost sexual excitement in the face of imagined US defeat reminds me of Tokyo Rose, except that she showed more self-control.
Crittenden certainly got the 'climax' he wanted, when Odom concluded by comparing the American troop commitment to Iraq to Hitler's folly in persisting beyond reason with the siege of Stalingrad. Crittenden turned to his listeners and, mustering his best Cronkite/Edward Murrow manner, reminded us: "You have just (pause) heard retired Lieutenant General William E. Odom (pause) comparing Iraq to Stalingrad..."
Radio National's Stephen Crittenden could barely contain his excitement this morning as he promised us a "corker" of an interview with retired Lt.Gen William E. Odom, who would tell us how the US Army was already "broken" in Iraq. Nothing like a bit of defeatism before I've even had my Sultana Bran. Crittenden's almost sexual excitement in the face of imagined US defeat reminds me of Tokyo Rose, except that she showed more self-control.
Crittenden certainly got the 'climax' he wanted, when Odom concluded by comparing the American troop commitment to Iraq to Hitler's folly in persisting beyond reason with the siege of Stalingrad. Crittenden turned to his listeners and, mustering his best Cronkite/Edward Murrow manner, reminded us: "You have just (pause) heard retired Lieutenant General William E. Odom (pause) comparing Iraq to Stalingrad..."
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