Baghdad a ‘deadlier battleground.’
By on Apr 9th, 2007 at 9:46 am
Baghdad a ‘deadlier battleground.’
For American troops, Baghdad has become a “deadlier battleground” since President Bush implemented his escalation plan. “The rate of American deaths in the city over the first seven weeks of the security plan has nearly doubled from the previous period.” According to the Iraq Coaltion Casualty Monitor, U.S. casualties since the beginning of the escalation have been “running at 3.14/day, which is the highest of any period since the end of major combat.”
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George W. Bush: Trying to cure cancer with a shotgun since 2000
April 9th, 2007 at 9:53 amAll anyone has to do is read a little history on Vietnam to know once we started increasing troops, the death rates increased as well.
But when the only two books Dubya has read is My Pet Goat, and Being a Christian for Dummies, what can we expect.
April 9th, 2007 at 10:01 amWe need to rephrase:
…U.S. casualties since the beginning of the escalation have been “running at 3.14/day, which is the highest of any period since ‘Mission Accomplished’â€
April 9th, 2007 at 10:03 amYeah, seriously, on what planet do the two battles of Falluja not count as “major combat operations?”
Don’t worry, lance corporal, at least your leg wasn’t blown off in major combat operations.
April 9th, 2007 at 10:08 amthe plan is working…
April 9th, 2007 at 10:12 amBut Bush&Co say the plan is working — they just need more time. And a few more dead Americans!
April 9th, 2007 at 10:29 amWe are not stopping Iraq from sinking into anarchy: it is anarchy now. It will be anarchy in two, five, or ten years. Nothing we do now, in two, five or ten years from now will change that, no matter how many troops die over there. Bring our troops home now!
April 9th, 2007 at 11:29 amKay @ 5 — you are so right, because it’s indisputable that the plan is actually to increase troop levels indeterminately and to keep them there indefinitely. My reasoning that it’s as plain as the ass on Bush’s face is this:
They argue against having a public timeline because they claim it will “inform the enemy” of when we’re leaving so they just can lay back in hiding until we do. The gaping hole in that particular bit of what the right wing considers logic is that that’s precisely what they’re doing now.
The question is, how long will these people hold a grudge against each other? I mean, let’s say we had a “secret plan” to pull out troops in February 2008 and we do it. Surprise! We’re outta here! Is that a long enough time having repressed the violence to be assured that we won’t leave a full-on war in our wake? OK, maybe not. How about February 2018?
Considering these people have been at each other since the middle ages, that’s most assuredly not enough either. No, this has been a prescription all along for the permanent occupation of Iraq — permanent that is until we’ve sucked them dry of everything we desire, that is.
Posession is nine-tenths of the law, and that goddamn oil is OURS. Well, not yours and mine, but Exxon/Mobil and Chevron’s, who will gleefully sell the spoils of a war that we (not they) payed for back to us, continuing year-over-year record profits as far into the future as we can imagine.
Pretty nice racket, eh? Now, consider that a major-league spike in oil prices is only one border crossing away from where our troops are now positioned.
April 9th, 2007 at 11:30 amIn the Bush administration’s Orwellian version of reality, the increased death toll will be extolled as a sign of progress, and as evidence that the surge is getting the strategy back on track.
April 9th, 2007 at 11:49 amtoday the is the 9th I have been away for 4 nights and cannot beleive the troops killed 41 inc UK in 8 days
Bushes surge is working BUT on the wrong side ………..
Time to admit defeat and let the Iraqis have a decent life with thier Oil spendings
April 9th, 2007 at 11:52 amAww, come on! Give it some time. It’ll calm down in Baghdad. Just 6 months and you’ll see! ;)
April 9th, 2007 at 2:30 pmIT IS REALLY TOO BAD THAT THAT IDIOT Alan Mullaly CEO of Ford STOPPED Monkey Boy CHIMPya FROM BLOWING HIMSELF AND FRANKENCheney BOTH UP TO KINGDOM COME BY PLUGGING THE PLUG INTO THE HYDROGEN TANK—THAT MIGHT HAVE BEEN A PLEASANT RETRIBUTION FOR CHIMPya/Cheney FOR CONSIGNING THESE BRAVE AMERICAN SOLDIERS TO THEIR DEATHS BY SIMILAR EXPLOSIONS—OH WELL, BETTER LUCK NEXT TIME—MY GEAS-CURSE GOT CLOSER THIS TIME THAN ANYTIME ELSE—JUST A BIT MORE CONCENTRATION TO BRING THE RETRIBUTION DOWN ON CHIMPya and FRANKENCheney’s HEADS, THEN MADAME SPEAKER NANCY PELOSI BECOMES FIRST WOMAN PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA!!!!! YEAH!!!! DID I MENTION THAT CHIMPya DOESN’T LOOK AT ALL WELL?????
April 9th, 2007 at 4:48 pm[...] dangerously unserious position. McCain suggest a plan for Iraq. That plan was implemented. It has not slowed the number of deaths suffered by American troops. Americans do not think it is working. But now that his idea is failing [...]
April 14th, 2007 at 4:16 pm