THE ROBERT W. WHITAKER ARCHIVE

CUT OFF THE WATER! | 2004-11-08

Back in the 1960s, the media were asking each other, "What would America do if minorities seized control of the inner cities? O woe! O woe!"

They finally asked me.

I said, "Cut off the water."

At the beginning of this war a year and a half ago, everyody was talking about The Battle of Baghdad that would happen when American troops got there. I said, "Cut off the damned water!"

Well, Bush has finally gotten his Battle of Baghdad. He is sending in troops to fight street-to-street in Fallujah.

We have encircled Fallujah for MONTHS.

And the water is running just fine.