Desperate
The head of the Coalition Provisional Authority in Iraq, Paul Bremer, told reporters in Baghdad that ongoing attacks against coalition troops were being carried out by desperate people.
Voice of America
Saddam Hussein's Regime is 'Never Coming Back,' Vows Bremer
August 2, 2003
Every sign of progress in Iraq adds to the desperation of the terrorists and the remnants of Saddam's brutal regime.
George W. Bush
Press Remarks
August 19, 2003
It's clearly fundamentalists because they are suicide bombers. But it was a major error on their part to attack the U.N. It does show they are getting desperate.
Lt. Gen. Tom McInerney, USAF (Ret.)
Washington Times interview
August 21, 2003
Progress makes the remaining terrorists even more desperate and willing to lash out against symbols of order and hope like coalition forces and U.N. personnel.
George W. Bush
Radio Address
August 23, 2003
The more progress we make in Iraq, the more desperate the terrorists will become.
George W. Bush
Speech to the American Legion
August 26, 2003
I think part of what you're seeing and what you've heard the President talk about is that the terrorists are seeing the progress that's being made, and that is making them more desperate.
White House spokeswoman Clare Buchan
Press Briefing
August 26, 2003
His [Ayatollah al-Hakim's] murder today, along with the murder of many innocent men and women gathered for prayer, demonstrates the cruelty and desperation of the enemies of the Iraqi people.
George W. Bush
Press Statement
August 29, 2003
OK, so we're noble and the terrorists are desperate. Everybody got that?
In a way, this kind of reminds me of an interview I read awhile back. It was with a German who'd lived through World War II. He said he could tell Germany was losing the war by listening to the Nazi propaganda broadcasts. The interviewer asked him how, and the man said he knew because the "victories" kept coming closer and closer.
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