Religions > Atheism > Incompetent AWOL Bush Sends 15,000 More Troops To Iraq (Remember the NeoCon "Cakewalk" Lie?)
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"Yang, AthD \h.c" |
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08 May 2004 02:07:30 AM |
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Incompetent AWOL Bush Sends 15,000 More Troops To Iraq (Remember the NeoCon "Cakewalk" Lie?) |
http://www.salon.com/politics/war_room//index.html
The Boston Globe reports on the Pentagon announcement that up to 138,000
U.S. troops will stay in Iraq through 2005, "the clearest acknowledgment yet
that the continuing attacks by insurgents will prevent any immediate
reduction of American occupation forces."
"The Pentagon earlier this year said the number of US soldiers in Iraq would
be cut back to about 115,000 as the US-led Coalition Provisional Authority
transferred political power to an interim Iraqi government on June 30. But
after the spike in insurgent attacks last month -- 136 US troops were killed
in April, more than the total lost during seven weeks of major combat last
year -- the Pentagon will be forced to maintain a large force of combat
troops, the officials said."
"... The decision to maintain US troop strength comes amid continuing
clashes with Shi'ite fighters in Baghdad and the southern Iraqi city of
Najaf, as well as bloody skirmishes last month against Sunni Muslim
insurgents in Fallujah. Several allies in the US coalition have announced
their withdrawal from Iraq amid the violence, including Spain, which had
contributed more than 2,000 troops."
"Military specialists said yesterday that the recent setbacks in Iraq
underscore how the US military that swiftly toppled the regime of Iraqi
president Saddam Hussein did not sufficiently plan for the aftermath, which
has been characterized by a violent and organized guerrilla insurgency by
former Hussein loyalists and foreign fighters that have slipped into Iraq."
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Yang
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AthD (h.c.) conferred by the regents of the LCL
a.a. pastor #-273.15, the most frigid church of Celcius nee Kelvin
EAC Econometric Forecast and Socerey Division
Proudly plonked by Lani Girl and Crazyalec
The Bush 'balanced' budget: 1.2 trillion and worsening
The Bush 'economic' policy: -3 million jobs and counting
The Bush Iraq lie: -767 GIs, one friend's co-worker's son and mounting
Having Bush ***** up my country: Worthless
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