Hard to beat this:
In the giddy spirit of the day, nothing could quite top the wish list bellowed out by one man in the throng of people greeting American troops from the 101st Airborne Division who marched into town today. What, the man was asked, did he hope to see now that the Baath Party had been driven from power in his town? What would the Americans bring? “Democracy,” the man said, his voice rising to lift each word to greater prominence. “Whiskey. And sexy!”
“Democracy, Whiskey, Sexy.” Not quite “Liberty, Equality, Fraternity” – but a lot more reliable.
QUOTE FOR THE DAY: “Europeans are antiwar, but they are pro-commerce,” – U.S. Lt. Co. Duke Deluca, after his men had successfully rid an area near Najaf of land-mines sold to Saddam by Italy.
THE OTHER LIBERATION: Yes, we’re freeing the Kurds from some Islamofascists right now as well. I don’t know why this story hasn’t gotten more attention.
The Dish 