Reply #17: Peter Arnett

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Early victim in the war on truth:

Quotes from his controversial March 31, 2003 interview, resulting in a firestorm of outrage and his subsequent firing:

"Clearly, the American war planners misjudged the determination of the Iraqi forces.

...And I personally do not understand how that happened, because I've been here many times and in my commentaries on television I would tell the Americans about the determination of the Iraqi forces, the determination of the government, and the willingness to fight for their country. But me, and others who felt the same way were not listened to by the Bush administration.

...That is why now America is re-appraising the battlefield, delaying the war, maybe a week, and re-writing the war plan. The first war plan has failed because of Iraqi resistance now they are trying to write another war plan.

link to interview: http://edition.cnn.com/2003/WORLD/meast/03/30/sprj.irq.arnett.transcript/

Bonus irony: Arnett is John Yoo's father-in-law.