Nearly 1,000 Iraqis killed or wounded since handover...

[Halliburton]

http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/L2861241.htm

First the deaths of Uday and Qusay were supposed to quell the insurgency. That never transpired. Then the corporate media and Rumsfeld declare the insurgency dead after Saddam was captured. That never transpired. Then the handover of power was supposed to quell the insurgency, and that never transpired. Geez, I wonder why the media and Mr. Rumsfeld made up all these crazy assertions only to have their assertions blow up in their face.

[Az_lefty]

1. All their assertions were wishful thinking.

They've created a mess in Iraq, there's just no way to put a positive spin on it.