Gibson on “meaning of election day in Iraq”: “We won. We won. We won. We won.”

Written by Jeremy Schulman

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On Fox News' The Big Story, host John Gibson declared victory in the Iraq war, telling viewers, “Our friend [Democratic National Committee chairman] Howard [Dean] says the war is unwinnable. But it was won today.” Gibson's proclamation was what he called “the real meaning of election day in Iraq.”

On the December 15 edition of Fox News' The Big Story, host John Gibson declared victory in the Iraq war, telling viewers, “Our friend [Democratic National Committee chairman] Howard [Dean] says the war is unwinnable. But it was won today.”

Offering what he called “the correct interpretation of events in Iraq today” and “the real meaning of election day in Iraq,” Gibson exclaimed: “We won. We won. We won. We won. A little too triumphalist for you? Feeling a little icky that we might say something that bold? You must be suffering from a touch of Euro today. Eat a Big Mac and get over it.”

Gibson further explained that "[t]he main point of the war was regime change on Saddam," adding: “Believe me, it is changed when he's on trial for his life, rather than running people through chippers and chopping off limbs to emphasize a political point. I like the side of Saddam as O.J. [Simpson], because this time I don't think the defendant walks.”

From the December 15 edition of Fox News' The Big Story with John Gibson:

GIBSON: Now it's time for “My Word.” Here is the correct interpretation of events in Iraq today, spoken in English but not run through the dull and dry translator software of official Washington, D.C. Ready? Here it is, the real meaning of election day in Iraq: We won. We won. We won. We won. A little too triumphalist for you? Feeling a little icky that we might say something that bold? You must be suffering from a touch of Euro today. Eat a Big Mac and get over it. We won. It's bold, but it's also true. Now, you don't like us saying, “We won, we won, we won,” because you think we have not won? That's different.

Here's why I say we won. Saddam is on trial. The main point of the war was regime change on Saddam. Believe me, it is changed when he's on trial for his life, rather than running people through chippers and chopping off limbs to emphasize a political point. I like the side of Saddam as O.J. [Simpson], because this time I don't think the defendant walks. Then there is the little matter of all these purple fingers, Iraqis voting, Iraqis politicking, Iraqis forming parliamentary alliances. Can you spell democracy, Howard Dean? Our friend Howard says the war is unwinnable. But it was won today, and Howard is always, as always, the last guy to notice.