Bush's War, or The War Of The Gulf

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Friday, July 27, 2007

Win What?

Just what is it that the United States will win at the end of this prolonged and excruciating experiment in democratic imperialism in Iraq? We haven't restored basic services to Baghdad, nor can we protect the citizens of the city from themselves (or apparently train Iraqis to do it, either). Yet,... Sign in to see full entry.

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Friday, July 20, 2007

The War In Iraq Is Going To "Take Awhile" And The End Is "Indiscernible"

The Commander-In-Chief of the military forces of the United States stated the above words today. Gone are the words "victory" and "win." Remember those? Ryan Crocker, U.S. ambassador to Iraq, told the Senate Foreign Relations Committee yesterday and a gathering of Congressional members that there is... Sign in to see full entry.

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Wednesday, July 11, 2007

15 Days And 42 Deaths Later...

My last post (on June 26) related the surging "surges" on the part of every faction in Iraq. Since then, 42 Americans have been killed and an untold and unknowable amount of Iraqi civilians, Iraqi soldiers, insurgents, militiamen, fedayeen, mujahideen, al Qaeda operatives, other terrorists, and... Sign in to see full entry.

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Tuesday, June 26, 2007

Surges Everywhere

CNN's Michael Ware, a reporter that has been in Iraq since the war began, reported that surges are being conducted across the board in Iraq. Not only did the U.S. send the last of its "surge" troops into Iraq a couple weeks back, but, according to Ware, everybody is "surging" in Iraq. Al Qaeda, the... Sign in to see full entry.

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Worse And Worse And Worse...

A man walked into the Monsur Hotel in Baghdad, the meeting place for the Political Reconcilation with various tribal leaders, and detonated the bomb he had strapped to his body. Twelve were killed, including seven sheiks, five of them Sunnis from al Anbar province. The hotel is blocks away from the... Sign in to see full entry.

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Saturday, June 23, 2007

Bottom Line:The Killing Of American Soldiers In Iraq Will End When We Leave

There it is. I'm sure that the title of this post is probably one of the few truisms about the American fiasco in Iraq. Another seven American troops were reported killed today. Let's see. What happened this past week? Another mosque was blown to hell. Hundreds of Iraqis were killed throughout Iraq.... Sign in to see full entry.

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Saturday, June 16, 2007

Haven't Those Bastards Been Telling Us That Baghdad Was Primarily Secured?

General David Petraeus, the lead commander in Iraq, admitted today that only 40% of Baghdad was under control of American and Iraqi government forces. This admission came as military forces attacked two al-Qaeda suspected strongholds in Baghdad. Baghdad has been under lockdown since the Akiraya... Sign in to see full entry.

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Thursday, June 14, 2007

Iraq Is Looking For A Few Good Policemen

If the situation in Iraq wasn't already bleak enough, the second bombing of the Askiraya mosque in Samarra yesterday did nothing to help. The only thing left of the holy shrine is a small watchtower. It is hideous what these people did to such a lovely place. Fifteen people so far have been... Sign in to see full entry.

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Sunday, June 3, 2007

Disconnect With Reality Of Iraq

Some moron in the Bush administration stated that of course there were more American troop casualties in Iraq -- there are more American troops in Iraq (roughly 150,000). What? What kind of dumbass logic is that? Just because there are more targets for the insurgents, terrorists, militiamen, and... Sign in to see full entry.

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Wednesday, May 30, 2007

When Disorganization Is A Good Thing

It is a continuing atrocity that our occupation of Iraq after the invasion has been so mismanaged. The one saving grace is that the enemy, in all its varied forms, has been even more disorganized. Ten of our troops were killed on Memorial Day. If the insurgents and al Qaeda were better organized,... Sign in to see full entry.

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Euphemisticly christened Operation Iraqi Freedom, this political and military quagmire has not only produced a rift among the people of the United States, but a widening gulf between the United States and the rest of the world. "It is time to come home, America. Time to look within our own borders and within our own souls. There are many questions to be answered and many missions to accomplish right here on our own soil. We cannot force-feed democracy to Iraq. We cannot resolve Iraq's internal issues. It is time for the United States to begin to bring our troops home." -- Senator Robert C. Byrd, speech to the Senate, 2005

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