Last week in an attempt to deflect attention away from Bush's embarrassment of abject failure in Iraq on its third anniversary, the Pentagon announced its 'biggest military offensive' since 2003 - "Operation Swarmer".
Did anyone wonder why they had all those cameras rolling during such an important assault? And when it was announced that the 'biggest assault' since 2003 was '1,500 troops', didn't any bells go off with you - didn't that number of troops seem a little low?
Well, it should have because it was nothing but another Bush propaganda maneuver to try and convince us that good things are happening in Iraq. Come on George, we don't all watch Fox News and listen to Rush Limbaugh. We're not all a bunch of brain dead sheep.
As the Center for American Progress points out, there have been about hundred assaults as big or bigger since 2003. They're listed at the link provided from GlobalSecurity.org and the very first one I clicked on, 'Operation River Gate', from October 2005 had '2,500 Marines, Soldiers and Sailors' involved in it.
These guys are despicable liars who think they can use our troops as props for their propaganda against the truth. And they think we're too stupid to figure it out.
ANOTHER MILITARY OFFENSIVE: The media has focused intently on the latest U.S. military offensive in Iraq - codenamed "Operation Swarmer." The New York Times reported, "The American military announced today that it had begun its largest air assault since the invasion of Iraq in 2003. ... The operation is expected to continue for several days." Swarmer is well over the hundredth military operation since early 2003. (Others include "Operation Slim Shady," "Operation Mandarin Squeeze," and "Operation Checkmate.") The Pentagon even downplayed its importance: "This is the kind of thing that happens pretty regularly in Iraq. It is a typical brigade-size assault." In fact, the assault is "similar to many that have been launched against Sunni rebels further west over the past year."Center for American Progress
