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Politics > Politics-USA |
| User: |
"Harry Hope" |
| Date: |
16 Apr 2007 10:11:05 AM |
| Object: |
Why does Georgie need a War Czar? Things are goin' great in Iraq. |
Why does George W. Bush need a War Czar anyway?
Things are going so well over there.
For example, the White House has spent the past few weeks accusing
Democrats of neglecting the troops, saying things like, "failure to
fund our troops will mean that some of our military families could
wait longer for their loved ones to return from the front lines.
Others could see their loved ones headed back to war sooner than
anticipated. This is unacceptable."
http://journals.democraticunderground.com/Bob%20Geiger/411
So unacceptable, in fact, that last week the Associated Press reported
that "the Army is adding three months to the standard yearlong tour
for all active-duty soldiers in Iraq and Afghanistan."
http://www.10tv.com/?sec=news&story=sites/10tv/content/pool/200704/304656693.html
As you can see, by giving Our Great Leader a war spending bill which
includes benchmarks for the withdrawal of U.S. forces from Iraq, the
Democrats have forced our troops to stay in Iraq longer!
Or something.
Meanwhile, Bush's manly surge is really taking off.
April has been one of the deadliest so far for coalition forces - as I
write this, 55 troops have been killed in the first 13 days of the
month.
According to icasualties.org, that's 4.23 deaths per day, the third
highest monthly average of the entire war (not including the initial
invasion). http://icasualties.org/oif/
And of course, last week a suicide bomber blew himself up in the Iraqi
parliament building, killing three Iraqi lawmakers and forcing U.S.
officials to admit that "the bombing of the Iraqi parliament shows
that not even the heavily fortified Green Zone is safe any more,
despite the security crackdown launched earlier this year in the Iraqi
capital," according to the Guardian.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/Iraq/Story/0,,2056345,00.html
But it's not all bad news.
The Associated Press reported last week that "Tens of thousands of
Shiites -- a sea of women in black abayas and men waving Iraqi flags
-- marched from Kufa to Najaf on Monday, demanding U.S. forces leave
their country on the fourth anniversary of fall of Baghdad. Streets in
the capital were silent and empty under a hastily imposed 24-hour
driving ban. Demonstrators ripped apart American flags and tromped
across a Stars and Stripes rug flung on the road between the two holy
cities for the huge march."
According to Editor & Publisher:
http://www.editorandpublisher.com/eandp/news/article_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1003569090
White House spokesman Gordon Johndroe told reporters this only
underscores how much "progress" the U.S. is making in that country.
So let me get this straight... the protests in Iraq are a sign of
progress because under Saddam Hussein Iraqis weren't free to hate
Americans?
That can't be right.
I think what Gordon Johndroe means is that the protests are a sign of
progress because Iraqis are now free to come out in their tens of
thousands to demand that we leave.
And because we respect freedom so much, we're going to ignore them and
continue to occupy their country.
By EarlG
Democratic Underground
http://www.democraticunderground.com/
Harry
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