... And as usual, no surprise here: Paulo's IP address tells me that he's commenting from (drum rolls not needed)... France, of course.
Paulo is obviously one of those preposterous clowns who still believe what they read in Libé and le Monde. Hence the resurgence of the outdated "quagmire" thing.
I mean, even your average 'Nam veteran Senator running (fast, and in the wrong direction) for the presidential election in the US won't use that one anymore I think.
However, Paulo and the rest of the preposterous monkeys are stuck in a very funny alternate dimension where the coalition is loosing the war, France is a major diplomatic power (and if you push them really good, you can even get one of those clowns telling you about France's military power. Very funny), the UN a legitimate institution, Saddam a clone of Santa Claus that couldn't hurt a fly and Osama's carcass (no, wait, he's not dead, he's been eluding those American morons since 9/11) the Robin Hood of the Islamic world and the hope of a certain fringe of the said preposterous monkeys in their gesticulations against the so-called US hegemony.
In your dreams Paulo.
In a sense, we should pity Paulo (that's if we had nothing better to do of course). He reminds me of the sad and comical self-delusion of the well known (Saddam era) Minister of the Information. Remember that broadcast with the US tank in the background?
"There is no American in Baghdad"
Come to think of it, *all* the French press took this one for granted as well, which gives us in return such amusing attractions as The Preposterous Paulo.
Gee, where's Barnum when you need him?