"Last throes" - "Sadr, his thugs, and his Iranian pals have been on the ropes for weeks now." – Current Events

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"Last throes" - "Sadr, his thugs, and his Iranian pals have been on the ropes for weeks now."

Bowser — 9/19/2007 1:44:22 AM (archived)

We got 'em right where we want them. Got 'em pinned down in Iraq.

By the way, is the "surge" what would be called a desperation move? I mean, if it were them, would we be calling it the "last throes", that we have 'em on the ropes, that they're on the way out?

Arf

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Some call it "progress - "U.S. halts civilian travel outside Green Zone" - Bowser - 9/18/2007 11:59:26 PM
- US military admits abject failure in Baghdad. - Bowser - 9/20/2007 2:14:14 AM
- re: Some call it propaganda - TB - 9/19/2007 1:22:39 AM
  - "Useful Idiots" - Donald - 9/19/2007 2:51:53 AM
  - "Last throes" - "Sadr, his thugs, and his Iranian pals have been on the ropes for weeks now." - Bowser - 9/19/2007 1:44:22 AM
    - Well, we don't have Sadr himself pinned down. - TB - 9/19/2007 1:55:34 AM
      - They got us cornered in a small section of Baghdad, and WE'RE winning? (n/t) - Bowser - 9/19/2007 2:02:21 AM
        
        Well put - Donald - 9/19/2007 2:55:04 AM
        
        "confined" - TB - 9/19/2007 3:46:43 AM
        
        Classic switch. "Yes, the patients brain is dead. But the liver is a bit better, so's a kidney." - Bowser - 9/19/2007 2:32:23 PM
        
        The subject was "confined" and "cornered." - TB - 9/19/2007 6:38:16 PM
        
        That's a helluva read...thanks Tom (n/t) - McFly - 9/19/2007 4:33:15 AM
- Meanwhile: - Donald - 9/19/2007 1:07:14 AM

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