OPINION:
Mohammed Saeed al-Sahhaf, AKA “Baghdad Bob,” was a former Iraqi diplomat. He came under worldwide ridicule while acting as the spokesperson for the Saddam Hussein regime during the 2003 Gulf War.
His pronouncements failed to recognize what was obvious to everyone. They included claims that American soldiers were committing suicide “by the hundreds” outside the city and denial that there were any American tanks in Baghdad, when in fact the tanks were only several hundred meters away from the press conference where he was speaking and the combat sounds of the nearing American troops could already be heard in the background of the broadcast.
Baghdad Bob’s press conferences earned him another nickname: Comical Ali.
Fast forward 12 years and we have the latest version of Baghdad Bob: the Obama administration’s talking heads. Effectively, videos of mass beheadings, women being stoned to death and people being burned alive are playing in the background while this administration’s spokespeople refuse to acknowledge what the world sees.
Radical Islamists are putting the free world in danger. Does anyone in this administration think for one second that if they can get their hands on a nuclear device, these monsters will not use it?
’Baghdad Josh Earnest’ and ’Comical Marie Harf’ highlight just how honest and open this administration is.
PHIL GINGERELLA
Westerly, R.I.
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