“This week’s suicide attacks
By on Sep 27th, 2006 at 8:53 pm
“This week’s suicide attacks
were at their highest level in any given week, with half of them targeting security forces” reports the Pentagon. CNN notes that “it’s now believed that insurgents alter their tactics about every three weeks, changing how they place the bombs, and how they detonate them.”
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Only the insurgents understand the importance and strategy of NOT staying the course.
September 27th, 2006 at 9:01 pm“Be they went? Am they gone? Have they left I all alone? Oh cruel fate to treat I so! It cannot was!
Uncle Dick told me to just lie and now we got caught! Roverboy what did you do! Get out of the car!”
It is just the shits when the bad guys don’t do as DUHbya tells them to.
September 27th, 2006 at 9:10 pmIt’s also being reported that Karl Rove changes rationales for the war about every three weeks, just to stay ahead of the insurgents.
September 27th, 2006 at 9:18 pmIt’s also being reported that Karl Rove changes the rationale for the war and excuses for why we’re losing about every three weeks, just to stay ahead of the insurgents.
September 27th, 2006 at 9:19 pmIt’s also reported that Karl Rove changes excuses about every three weeks just to stay ahead of the game.
September 27th, 2006 at 9:20 pmThis week’s suicide attacks were at their highest level in any given week – - An obvious reaction to the premiere week of the Fall TV schedule.
September 27th, 2006 at 9:24 pmUmmm, “ohdave,” well crafted. THUD.
September 27th, 2006 at 9:27 pmAnd all the deaths caused by these suicide attacks are:
September 27th, 2006 at 9:55 pm“a number” – Tony Snow
“a comma” – George Bush
And so it goes.
September 27th, 2006 at 10:46 pmRepeat after Bush:
There is no civil war.
This is just a historical comma.
A number is a number.
Salute.
Click heels.
Turn around and bend over.
What is unusual about changing tactics in battle? In fact, maybe Rummy should have changed tactics. Maybe Bush should have not stayed the course.
September 27th, 2006 at 10:56 pmThe Centcom daily report acknowledged that the number of attacks are increasing – but the good news is the number of dead Americans is decreasing.
September 27th, 2006 at 10:59 pmThat is supposed to be the good news.
Meanwhile the body bags pile up in Iraq, and with them, the fury against everything American.
Iraq is Hell on Earth, but Bush could care less, because he wants OIL!
September 27th, 2006 at 11:14 pmmust be those damn left and right wing bloggers that are being monitored by sattelite from Osamas cave why they are changing tactics!!
heh.
September 28th, 2006 at 12:00 amterrorists want us out of iraq. bin laden concluded, that after what he saw in somolia, americans don’t have the will to fight. is he right? terrorists are watching american media to gauge our will. if we are constantly questioning the administration, doesn’t that strenghten the terrorist’s will to fight? with a terrorist victory in iraq, won’t the terrorist movement be emboldened? would an american victory in iraq be more likely if terrorists believed we had a unified determination to win? can we present a unified determination to win, if we are constantly questioning the war and the administration? is it important to win this war? is it more important to prevail politically at home?
September 28th, 2006 at 12:42 amfight on Iraqi Freedom Fighters !!
Stop Operation Iraqi Liberation ( OIL ) !!!!
September 28th, 2006 at 12:49 ami understand a lot of people think the war is about oil. i don’t believe it but, that aside; the problem with your freedom fighters is that they are taking innocent civilians that refuse to side with them, boring holes in them with a drill, starting at the feet and going all the way up until they die. i’ve got some problems with this administration, but i’m not quite ready to start rooting for the ‘freedom fighters’.
September 28th, 2006 at 1:16 amPaul,
I hate to break it to you bro, but the Iraq campaign has been the biggest fraud forced upon the American people in history. Please wake up, and join the real patriots. The only thing BushCo cares about is $$$. $$$ for big oil, $$$ for Halliburton, $$$ for the Carliyle Group!
t-mac
September 28th, 2006 at 1:23 amPaul,
Another question: Why are we in Iraq anyway?
t-mac
September 28th, 2006 at 1:24 am#18. a plausible explanation: we were attacked on 9-11 and pre 9-11. much of the middle east was viewed as a place that harbored terrorists. most (to included gore, kerry, the u.n., hillary clinton, the bush administration, etc) believed that saddam had weapons of mass destruction and was not allowing weapons inspectors in (as required by u.n. resolutions) further indicating a presence of wmd. most were concerned about saddam’s intentions with the perceived wmd. the bush administration acted to what it believed was a threat. it was also hoped that if democracy could be establish in iraq and afghanistan, the people of other middle eastern countries would want it. the idea was that this would make the middle east more aligned with the western world and less susceptible to terrorists.
or bush (net worth of around $100 million) wants to get his hands on iraqi oil at all costs, so he can have more money.
September 28th, 2006 at 1:58 amPaul,
Why do you think “terrorists” exist? And from what country do “terrorists” learn how to wage terror?
I’ll give you a clue to question 2: It rhymes with United Traits.
t-mac
September 28th, 2006 at 2:14 amt-mac. do you really believe that there would be no terrorists without the united states?
September 28th, 2006 at 2:26 amPaul,
Thanks for responding. I appreicate the dialogue.
I think that there would be less terrorists if our policies were not so imperialistic. It’s our policies that create terrorists. I don’t understand why our policies aren’t the subject of debate. People talk about dealing with root causes. Why don’t we talk about that? BTW Why are you up so late? :)
t-mac
September 28th, 2006 at 2:35 ami think if we debated root causes, we would probably have a surprising amount of agreement , but the bad news is, we are at war. bin laden declared it in aug 1996. if you could bring home all the troops, would we no longer be at war? Al Qaeda wants the rest of the world to be Al Qaeda. you can’t wish that away. so, what do you do. bush’s answer is stay the course and win. much easier said than done and it’s not going well so far, but where is the democratic alternative? you have reminded me, i’m about 3 hours late for bed. if i don’t respond it is because i’m in bed or your point was so good it is irrefutible. thanks.
September 28th, 2006 at 3:09 amPaul please discard your NeoCon Talking Points Memo:
14. “if we are constantly questioning the administration, doesn’t that strenghten the terrorist’s will to fight? with a terrorist victory in iraq, won’t the terrorist movement be emboldened?”
Comment by paul — September 28, 2006 @ 12:42 am
If we constantly strip ourselves of the freedoms and liberties that this country was founded upon isnt that a victory for the terrorists. I think Bush has already given the “fascists” a victory with PATRIOT ACT I and II, and by approving of fascist techniques such as torture that do nothing but demean our character and standing in the world. When the government becomes so autocratic that it can wage war against the will of the people for the oligarchy’s enrichment dont the terrorists win also? Dont the terrorists, who supposedly hate us “for our freedoms,” also win if we have destruction of dissent, redress of grievances, and practical abolishment of the 4th and 6th Amendments of the Constitution?
September 28th, 2006 at 6:30 amAnd I would hate to tell you that the there are very few foreign terrorists in Iraq; Almost every person we are killing is Iraqi. So if we let the Iraqi’s have the victory in Iraq, their own country, the terrorists dont win anything the Iraqi’s do. The Iraqi’s, as a matter of fact, usually kill the AQIZ (Al Qaeda in Iraq) before we do. How do I know? Because I am actually here in Iraq witnessing it first hand in Ramadi. First of all your Republican/NeoCon talking points dont mean shit. Secondly, they are completly hypocritical and make absolutely no sense in the context of King George’s grand idea of spreading “freedom and democracy” around the world.
http://airbyrne.blogspot.com/2005_07_01_airbyrne_archive.html
The Iraq campaign is a failure, as far as governing foreign politics. It’s naive to think that this won’t spur new terrorist attacks, sometime in the near future.
September 28th, 2006 at 9:42 amThere is a very prophetic scene in the movie “The Godfather: Part II”…
…in it Michael Corleone tells the Jewish mob boss Hyman Roth that he (Michael) is pulling out of his interest in the business deal to fund gambling casinos in Cuba with Roth…
… Roth asks why…
…and Michael tells him of seeing soldiers line Cuban peasants suspected of being Castro rebels up against a wall…
…one of the peasants breaks away from a soldier’s grasp and detonates a hand grenade killing himself and the soldier…
…Roth says, “So what does that have to do with our business?”
…and Michael replies, “It tells me they (the rebels) could win”…
September 28th, 2006 at 10:53 amPaul: If you want to go Iraq and fight I suppose you have a right to do that. But don’t expect my children and grandchildren to pay for it. Right now, Congress is authorizing 2 billion dollars a week for a war that was never, as required by our Constitution, declared by Congress. Where do you suppose we are getting this money? We are borrowing it from banks in China and Japan. Our children and graqndchildren will work their whole lives to pay it back and our country will be affected in its foreign policy. Maybe the solution to these problems is for our country to have fewer enemies by making fewer enemies. What do you think about that idea?
September 28th, 2006 at 12:52 pmJana Lane #28
Well said…
September 28th, 2006 at 1:51 pmJana. it’s a great plan. if you can get you progressive representatives, that are running for office, to convince people they have a legitimate plan to deal with the world’s problems, maybe you can take over the house, senate, and eventually the white house. for now i don’t see it.
for the record, i spent 10 years in uniform. it is nowhere near the same thing, but i flew combat missions into bosnia under my president, bill clinton. i supported his decisions, wholeheartedly. i would go to iraq and i would support my children going. i believe liberals are blind to the true threats of today, but if you can convince me otherwise, i’m all ears.
September 28th, 2006 at 5:35 pmJana. it’s a great plan. if you can get you progressive representatives, that are running for office, to convince people they have a legitimate plan to deal with the world’s problems, maybe you can take over the house, senate, and eventually the white house. for now i don’t see it.
for the record, i spent 10 years in uniform. it is nowhere near the same thing, but i flew combat missions into bosnia under my president, bill clinton. i supported his decisions, wholeheartedly. i would go to iraq and i would support my children going. i believe liberals are blind to the true threats of today, but if you can convince me otherwise, i’m all ears.
September 28th, 2006 at 5:35 pmPaul – Certainly you and your children have a right to give any mil;itary service you choose to give. However,consider the point of view of the people of Iraq. We now have the results of a poll by the State Department in which 75 % of the Iraqi people say they would feel safer if the US left Iraq and 65% say they want the US to leave now. Since we have been told repeatedly that Iraq is a sovereign nation how can we justify keeping our military forces there now that the people have made clear that they want us to leave? What is the rationale for continuing to build up a huge debt that our children and grandchildren will have to repay?
September 28th, 2006 at 8:32 pm