The stupidest quote of the war so far or just the most honest?

From the man leading the fight on the front line, Lt Gen William Wallace:

"The enemy we're fighting is a bit different than the one we war-gamed against because of these paramilitary forces. We knew they were here, but we did not know how they would fight."

Or in other words:

"We were told the towel-heads would run like the curry-eating, yellow-bellied, sons of bitches they are. And when we practised the guys playing the baddies weren't allowed guns, and had to talk really loud all the time to make it easy for the goodies to find 'em. And if they ever found a gun, anyone they shot was protected by special magic which meant they couldn't be killed so there.

"But God damn them, these guys are using tactics, the evil bastards. Bet they bought them from the French. How are we supposed to fight 'em if they don't respect the rules? Don't they know we're killing them for their own good? Don't they know we're supposed to win?"

The most generous quote of the war, from the man in a news facility several hundred miles away in Qatar, Brig Gen Vincent Brooks commenting on his subordinate's statement:

"Our enemy always has a vote in how the circumstances go."

That's big-hearted of him. Who said America wasn't trying to build a democracy in Iraq?

These news briefings are great, if only to see how the different arms of the coalition are treating the war. While Vince regales the media with endless VT of exploding stuff (very Hollywood), the British command seems to be going for the granny vote: Air Marshall Brian Burridge's first major presser on their progress in Iraq (and here I kid you not) was dominated by a Powerpoint presentation of UK troops being cutesy-chummy with smudge-faced little children in Basra. Let no one say they don't care.

Her Majesty's Forces: Compassion in Combat