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US Commander: More Iraqis Need To Fight
News:
Lt. Gen. Martin Dempsey, who until recently led the U.S. military's training effort in Iraq said yesterday that Iraq will have to provide at least 20,000 more additional troops then first recommended in order to help free up American troops from different aspects of the invasion. He told the House Armed Services Committee that since the level of violence is so high many Iraqis are longing for the days of Saddam’s rule, “You'll hear people say, 'You know, we were a lot more secure and safe during the Saddam regime."
How's about that SURGE!?
It's ok Iraqis, we're never REALLY going to leave, we'll just (somehow, possibly using magic and pulling it out of Bush's Ass) come up with another 20,000 AMERICAN troops to send in. It's worked so well this first time around that we're gonna go for a sequel.
Well, isn't Dempsey just so perceptive.
Good luck with getting those 20K Iraqi soldiers.
"Republicans should never skip their meds." P.J. O'Rourke, May 25, 2007, RTWBM
The lost year in Iraq
The lost year in Iraq:
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/yeariniraq/view/
I am f u bush2
I am druid
I am broken_scooter
Submitted by f u bush2 on June 13, 2007 - 10:49am. |
I watched this when it first aired a few months ago. VERY telling piece indeed.
Funny that we don't hear too much about Bremer these days ... wonder if the little coward is hiding. Although, I'm sure he can hide very well ... just as well as that missing $9 billion. Can you say "Swiss Bank Account"?
He's another rat bastard who should be shipped back to Iraq so he can enjoy what he's sown.
"Republicans should never skip their meds." P.J. O'Rourke, May 25, 2007, RTWBM
Submitted by Pookie2112 on June 13, 2007 - 7:53am
$9 billion will buy a lifetime supply of polish for his medal.
I am f u bush2
I am druid
I am broken_scooter
Submitted by f u bush2 on June 13, 2007 - 10:55am. |
And Tenet's medal and Rummy's medal ...
"Republicans should never skip their meds." P.J. O'Rourke, May 25, 2007, RTWBM
more Iraqis need to fight,
or less Iraqis need to fight us???Is it time to rapture these fake christians yet?
If they were serous......
They would send in half a million or more troops.
As things stand right now, the 'so called' "SURGE"is only lip service.
If they were serious to BEGIN with ...
Chimpy & Co. would have listened to everyone telling them they needed at least 200K troops to start with from the get go.
The only "surging" that will take place, regardless how many troops they send in, are the number of soldiers wounded or dead.
"Republicans should never skip their meds." P.J. O'Rourke, May 25, 2007, RTWBM
More Iraqis need to fight?
I thought the problem was too many Iraqis are ALREADY fighting. That's how civil wars work.
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Everyone is entitled to their own opinion, but not their own facts.
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4 days worth Wednesday, 13
4 days worth
Wednesday, 13 June 2007 Al-Qaeda military emir of Mosul killed
Wednesday, 13 June 2007 Bomb cell terrorists caught red-handed
Wednesday, 13 June 2007 Joint Statement by Amb. Crocker & Gen. Petraeus on the Attack on the Askari Mosque in Samarra
Wednesday, 13 June 2007 Detainee Dies from Indirect Fire Attack Related Injuries
Wednesday, 13 June 2007 Four detained in joint raid
Wednesday, 13 June 2007 Failed truck bomber treated, talking
Wednesday, 13 June 2007 One Secret Cell terrorist killed, two detained
Wednesday, 13 June 2007 Mortar attack on Joint Security Station damages apartment
Wednesday, 13 June 2007 VBIED damages bridge in Diyala
Wednesday, 13 June 2007 Six extremists killed, 19 others arrested during operations throughout Diyala
Wednesday, 13 June 2007 Roadside bombs strike two MND-B patrols
Wednesday, 13 June 2007 Suspected al Qaeda sniper detained in Fallujah; 6 suspected insurgents detained in Al Anbar Provinc
Wednesday, 13 June 2007 MNF-W forces attacked
Wednesday, 13 June 2007 Two minarets at the Golden Mosque in Samarra destroyed
Wednesday, 13 June 2007 Spartans detain 24, arrest three
Wednesday, 13 June 2007 Iraqi Forces detain 15 suspected terrorists in Western Mosul
Wednesday, 13 June 2007 Two suspects detained, weapons cache found in Baghdad neighborhood
Tuesday, 12 June 2007 UPDATE: IA, CF Soldiers attacked in Baqouba
Tuesday, 12 June 2007 ‘Patriots’ uncover cache, capture suspected terrorist in western Baghdad
Tuesday, 12 June 2007 VBIED attacks in Tikrit
Tuesday, 12 June 2007 1-15 Inf. conducts air assault mission, destroys cache
Tuesday, 12 June 2007 Radio Newscast – Task Force Marne Soldiers find weapons cache
Tuesday, 12 June 2007 Coalition Forces target al-Qaeda leaders, detain 11 suspects
Monday, 11 June 2007 Statement condemning yesterday's bombing of the Tikrit Department of Transportation Building
Monday, 11 June 2007 Coalition checkpoint attacked
Monday, 11 June 2007 12 detained in Coalition raids
Monday, 11 June 2007 MNF-I initiative provides contracts to Iraqi businesses
Sunday, 10 June 2007 MND-B attack aviation assets destroy building containing homemade explosives south of Baghdad
Sunday, 10 June 2007 Multi-National Division - North Soldiers attacked
Sunday, 10 June 2007 Six al-Qaeda suspects captured
Sunday, 10 June 2007 Attack Helicopters destroy AIF ambush site
Sunday, 10 June 2007 Security operation nets weapons cache, suspects
Sunday, 10 June 2007 Iraqi Army donates computer lab for disabled local school children
Sunday, 10 June 2007 Vigilant IPs prevent SVEST attacks in Baqouba
Sunday, 10 June 2007 Iraqi Special Operations Forces detain insurgent commander in Baghdad
Sunday, 10 June 2007 “Golden Dragons
Submitted by Quetron on June 13, 2007 - 2:07pm
More useless info from the government sponsored propaganda site. Way to go, Q!
On some great & glorious day the plain folks will reach their hearts desire at last, & the White House will be adorned by a downright moron. - H.L. Mencken
as of June 2007
5500 soldiers murdered. Makes your stupid list meaningless.
Submitted by Quetron on June 13, 2007 - 3:07pm. |
The same propoganda once again brought to you by Uncle Jimbo.
"Republicans should never skip their meds." P.J. O'Rourke, May 25, 2007, RTWBM
propoganda?prove otherwise
propoganda?
prove otherwise or stay misinformed.
I thought you people weer soooo on the side of truth, but yet you say
"propoganda"
lame so lame.
I have some proof for you,
statement.
AAR and the like have no clue on what truth is.
The MNF-Iraq site posts BOTH good and BAD reports, so my statement is proven true as they are not only telling one sided reports.
Thats how sick and low life you dems-libs-progressives are when it comes to the truth.
WARNING
http://www.blackfive.net/
"An appeaser is one who feeds a crocodile, hoping it will eat him last." - Sir Winston Churchill
http://www.freedomagenda.com/iraq/wmd_quotes.html
provide proof
of Saddam having WMDs. Bush said he had them for sure. Now provide proof. It is SHAMEFUL for you to keep lying about america like you do. You make me sick.
Who cares now, too late,
Who cares now, too late, leaving is the least moral thing to do now.
As I said before you perfer a slaughter, all to say you are correct.
WARNING
http://www.blackfive.net/
"An appeaser is one who feeds a crocodile, hoping it will eat him last." - Sir Winston Churchill
http://www.freedomagenda.com/iraq/wmd_quotes.html
I care now!
The war was based on lies and never should have happened. There already is a slaughter caused by Bush. Why do you want more american soldiers slaughtered? If america leaves now, the soldiers live and the Iraqis fight it out in their civil war. I knew you had no proof of WMDs. Everything you post is a blatant lie!
One word...
FNORD!
The Iraq occupation: slow grind to nowhere.
nm...
I am a hopeless old woman. What's a FNORD?
Submitted by roadgoddess on June 13, 2007 - 6:47pm
Say you had a particularly violent day in Iraq and Fox News covered Paris Hilton all day long ...
It's something like that but the term as I know it suggests a concerted effort by conspirators and their agencies to distract folks from what's really going on.
Thanks frazzled.....
Maybe I'm not so out to sea as I thought.
Fnords
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fnord
I see them! I see the fnords!
Submitted by Quetron on June 13, 2007 - 12:07pm
All that in 4 days? I thought things were getting better. Quetron just showed us how bad it is. Think about it. In four days time all those plots were thwarted. And add to that the amount of violence that occured (wasn' stopped).
Over the next four days there will be more of the same. Face it folks. There is a never ending supply of violence in store for us in Iraq.
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I am druid
I am broken_scooter
Lets be accurate.
Where the term 'Iraqi forces' is used, we should actually refer to these as uniformed Shiite militias sponsored by the puppet government and the occupiers.
Where the term 'coalition' is used, this should be referred to as the bush regime occupiers or US military hostages.
Where the terms 'terrorists' and 'Al Kaeda' are used, these should be referred to as the anti-occupation, anti-shiite domination liberation forces.
Nice try though.
Okay, I think you have a lot
Okay, I think you have a lot of it wrong. Most of the population is Shi'a (Shi'ite, as you incorrectly call them). So how can a minority of Sunni, who used to be the supporters of Saddam Hussein, be called the liberation forces? The Shi'a and the Sunnis both want the US out, and I think they both believe the US forces are fair game. The US is supporting the Sunnis right now (the minority, who used to be Saddam supporters), although at first they supported the Shi'a. They do this because this is what the Sunnis in Saudi Arabia tell them to do. The US, however, has a problem because the puppet government they put up is mostly Shi'a. So they can't really go against them. Instead, they are blaming the Iranians for the problems they are having with the Shi'as, minimizing what the Sunnis are doing, even though they are causing most of the problems, allowing the Saudis to arm the Sunnis and Al Qaeda. The only benchmark the US cares about is the signing of a treaty that gives the oil to US companies. Once that is done, they will attack Iran and let Iraq go to hell.
Which sect
makes up the vast majority of the Iraqi forces and the Iraqi police? Shiites. As you pointed out the Sunnis are the minority. I think I covered the notion of anti-occupation. The shiite anti-occupation forces are Sadr's and yes, some of the Shiites within the Iraqi forces and police.
I also think that Sunnis, being in the minority without a secular dictator to protect them, realize who will dominate Iraq if we ever leave, and the Shiites have demonstrated over and over their willingness to kill Sunnis. I think this is why many refer to this as a civil war.
The Sunnis are not only fighting against and occupation whose invasion opened the door of Shiite retribution for 20+ years of oppression, they are also fighting for their lives against the dominant Shiite majority that is already carrying out that retribution.
The reasons for the appearance of support for the Sunnis currently by the bush regime is to bow down to Saudi Arabia and to ensure prolongation of the smokescreen civil war, since the Shiites were doing such a great job of killing Sunnis. They were too effective and the civil war was progressing faster than the oil contract coercion.
To slow the civil war progress, bush needs the Sunnis to be more competitive.
Since most of the attacks on
Since most of the attacks on civilians have been by Sunnis against Shi'as, I disagree with your assessment.
Unprovoked
I am sure.
It depends on how you define civilian and ethnic cleansing as well. Since Shiites make up most of the uniformed dudes and most of the Sunnis make up the un-uniformed dudes, the latter are conveniently referred to as insurgency or terrorists, and bush takes that one step further referring to them as Al Kaeda.
There is something causing hundreds of thousands of Sunni 'terrorists' to have to flee and try to relocate in predominantly Sunni regions. I don't think it is a desire to leave their homes because the housing market is wonderful in other areas.
We are seeing the weaker minority respond in a predictable way. Where the Shiites have been given nice shiny new uniforms and weapons, not to mention US military instruction and support, the Sunnis, until recently, were left to fend for themselves from the armaments that were conveniently left to be taken in the aftermath of the invasion.
This did not include night vision goggles, armed vehicles, fighter jets or bombers. It did include firearms and munitions that, as we have seen, have been converted into a variety of bombs.
We only need to look at history to tell us what a weak militia will do to combat a superior military power they cannot stand toe to toe with. The always resort to terrorist tactics in an effort to get the most bang for their buck.
Not only were the Sunnis the instant underdogs once Hussein fell, their opponents had the advantage of working side by side with the best military in the world and had a reason to be pissed at the Sunnis.
The Sunnis realize that their days are numbered in Iraq if they don't stop the Shiite puppet government from taking hold.
The Shiites, on the other hand, are grateful for that support, but are not real happy with the bush regime stealing their oil, but they are not powerful enough alone to force the occupation out, and their puppet leaders don't have the balls to insist on this publicly, because they will either be replaced or simply disappear in the chaos.
Superficially the uniformed Shiites are kissing ass, but covertly, they to are doing their part to inflict punishment on the occupation. The sooner the occupation is over, the sooner they can eliminate the Sunnis and take all the oil, and they don't appreciate the occupiers recently beefing up their competition.
I DON'T GET IT.
WHAT IS YOUR POINT??
I already know that Iraq is in chaos.
More Iraqis need to Fight
Unfortunately for the US, the Iraqis who are willing to fight and die are those opposing the Occupation.
LOL
No shit. He should probably specify.
Yeah? Too damn bad they opt to fight US when opportuity
knocks.
These generals are now taking on the Iraq fiasco and making it as much - or more - a military failure as a political one. Boy, I hope they never set foot in our academes.
Bushie! Doin' a helluva job!
G0P Trinity: Failure, Fraud, Endless Deceit.