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MSgt213 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-07-04 11:22 PM
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General Franks shows you were the mentality is coming from
Gen. Tommy Franks is hoping for the best, but planning for the worst in Iraq.
Franks, who retired last year after heading up Operation Iraqi Freedom, is all for bringing in Iraqi troops to root out insurgents in Fallujah.

But what if those Iraqi troops side with the insurgents?

"If they aren't true to our cause, we'll kill 'em," Franks told us at a Vanity Fair party the other night.

Franks' wife, Cathryn, who was standing next to him, sensed the heat of that sound bite during a week when President Bush has had to apologize for the treatment of war prisoners.

"Don't quote him saying that!" she interjected.

"You can quote me!" Franks countered.

"We have, without a doubt, delivered them their country. Let's see if we can create a model, and if the model doesn't work, I don't mean literally kill them, I mean take it away from them."

http://www.nydailynews.com/news/gossip/story/190935p-165097c.html
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