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May 19th, 2007 at 12:01 amIraq Fiasco War will never end as long as Bush is president, so to save soldiers lives Dubya must be impeached.
May 19th, 2007 at 12:05 amOff this subject for the moment: Wolfowitz leaves the World Bank at end of June and Tony Blair retires as PM of UK at end of June too. This is NOT a coincidence. Bush is going to appoint Blair the president of the World Bank on or before the first of July. Wolfie leaves to be replaced by a criminal far worse than him.
May 19th, 2007 at 12:18 amAaaaaaahhh Shit. I can’t bear to think ‘how many more’.
May 19th, 2007 at 12:30 amOff this subject for the moment: Wolfowitz leaves the World Bank at end of June and Tony Blair retires as PM of UK at end of June too. This is NOT a coincidence. Bush is going to appoint Blair the president of the World Bank on or before the first of July. Wolfie leaves to be replaced by a criminal far worse than him.
Comment by Jay Randal
Unfortunately, I believe you may be right. There is simply no bottom to this particular shit barrel, is there?
May 19th, 2007 at 12:46 am‘Tis a shame.
May 19th, 2007 at 12:53 am6,825 American heroes were lost in the Battle of Iwo Jima alone.
Get some perspective.
May 19th, 2007 at 1:00 am6,825 American heroes were lost in the Battle of Iwo Jima alone.
Get some perspective.
Comment by wingnutt — May 19, 2007 @ 1:00 am
Are you from this world?
May 19th, 2007 at 1:15 amAnd 3400+ US soldiers have DIED for the LIES of a silver-spoon AWOL coward TRAITOR coxucker PUNK of a “president”.
Who needs to be IMPEACHED, CONVICTED, and JAILED for LIFE.
God will send him to Satan and Jerry Falwell from there.
Thanks for the perspective…
May 19th, 2007 at 1:16 am6,825 American heroes were lost in the Battle of Iwo Jima alone.
Get some perspective.
Comment by wingnutt
Yea,but we were the good guys then.
May 19th, 2007 at 1:17 amWe wore the white cap.
Those were the days.
Are you from this world?
Comment by SouthWest Bob
Yes, sir, I am.
Every American life lost is a tragedy. However, to use the number of dead in this war as a morbid “shock and awe” tactic is pathetic. Especially knowing that number is so relatively low.
Comment by Mr. Bush Goes To Hell
I see you’re in the business of determining the eternal destination of humans. There is only one being charged with that task, and something tells me you’re not Him.
May 19th, 2007 at 1:23 amWingnutt, your bolt is holding on line #2. He says its something about you’ve come unscrewed. Your lock washer misses you too.
May 19th, 2007 at 1:26 amYou have more important things to do like holding something together than to be ragging on us.
Nope, I’m NOT Him.
Neither is the little AWOL coward TRAITOR coxucker PUNK, who has said that GOD told him to strike Afghanistan and Iraq.
Again, because of TRAITOR Bush’s LIES, 3400+ US soldiers are DEAD.
And Bin Laden is STILL FREE 5 1/2 years later.
CIA spies specializing in WMD’s and their CIA companies EXPOSED.
DOJ politicized by “loyal Bushies”.
Obstruction of Justice, ignoring Congressional subpoenas,
bald-faced LIES by the Attorney General, the nation’s top “law man”
BushCrimeCo, Inc. are TREASONOUS WAR CRIMINALS.
Regardless of the religious argument, these people are TRAITORS.
And need to be in JAIL for the rest of their LIVES for such TREASON.
See YOU in hell wingnutt (cause I’LL be THERE),
Mr. Bush
May 19th, 2007 at 1:30 amMURDEROUS WAR CRIMINAL
COWARDLY AWOL TRAITOR TO THE USA (TM–BushCrimeCo, Inc.)
Comment by RUCerious
That’s it?
Comment by Mr. Bush Goes To Hell
Well if you’re not God, certainly you’re a true intellectual. Your response can only be proof.
May 19th, 2007 at 1:33 amThank you.
Bush is a TRAITOR coxucker PUNK and a WAR CRIMINAL.
May he burn in hell for ETERNITY.
May 19th, 2007 at 1:34 amComment by Mr. Bush Goes To Hell
If you’re the next generation of liberal, the conservative movement’s future is bright.
May 19th, 2007 at 1:40 amIf YOU think the conservative movement’s future is BRIGHT with Nazi WAR CRIMINAL TRAITORS like Bush and Cheney,
YOU aren’t very bright….
See YOU in hell wingnutt (cause I’LL be THERE),
May 19th, 2007 at 1:44 amMr. Bush
MURDEROUS WAR CRIMINAL
COWARDLY AWOL TRAITOR TO THE USA (TM–BushCrimeCo, Inc.)
If you’re the next generation of liberal, the conservative movement’s future is bright.
Comment by wingnutt — May 19, 2007 @ 1:40 am
Wingnutt,
I don’t think you have to worry about that happening. The “conservative movement” is imploding right before our eyes, and oh what a LOVELY sight it is. Thanks, Wingnutt, for making our LIBERAL dreams come true. Thank you, thank you, thank you. Have I said it enough yet, THANK YOU for aiding the destruction of the Republic party. Soon you 28%’ers will be 18%’ers.
May 19th, 2007 at 1:53 amWay to kill all those troops, Wingnutt. You and Bushco are war criminals. Hope you enjoy your eternity in hell, wingnutt.
God bless the troops!
May 19th, 2007 at 2:03 amOh that’s real nice, wingnutt is trolling a thread about our dead troops, telling US to get perspective.
Frickin’ amazing.
May 19th, 2007 at 2:06 amComment by wingnutt — May 19, 2007 @ 1:00 am
The big difference is that the invasion of Iraq was a war of choice. Against a nation that was not a threat. Over a reason that was never true -remember those WMD?
Those soldiers did not need to die.
Get some perspective.
May 19th, 2007 at 2:40 amI don’t see any sense in responding to wingnutt. In his world the 6825 soldiers of Iwo Jima are just a number as well. Don’t answer to sociopaths.
Germany lost three men today as well and many Iraqi families and Afghan families are losing their loved ones on a daily basis. Our hearts should go out to all of the victims and the work should be to stop the fighting and go for regime change in Washington in 2008. The likes of wingnutt are insignificant. Argueing with them wont help to do the necessary work.
May 19th, 2007 at 4:29 am54 US soliders died in somalia over 15months
Republicans back then were screaming “cut and run”
May 19th, 2007 at 5:42 amwingnutt,
That was to defend freedom from the agression of fascists, in this war we are the fascists. Not the same thing at all.
May 19th, 2007 at 8:00 amContractor Deaths in Iraq Soar to Record
Casualties among private contractors in Iraq have soared to record levels this year, setting a pace that seems certain to turn 2007 into the bloodiest year yet for the civilians who work alongside the American military in the war zone, according to new government numbers.
At least 146 contract workers were killed in Iraq in the first three months of the year,……..
http://www.nytimes.com/2007/05/19/world/middleeast/19contractors.html?_r=2&pagewanted=1&hp&oref=slogin
May 19th, 2007 at 9:04 amThat brings the total number of contractors killed in Iraq to at least 917, along with more than 12,000 wounded in battle or injured on the job, according to government figures and dozens of interviews.
BUSH USING THESE GUYS AS HIDDEN FIGURES
May 19th, 2007 at 9:05 am3409 US Troops killed in Iraq
26,188 US Troops wounded in Iraq
917 US Civillian Contractors Killed in Iraq
12,000 Civillian Contractors wounded in Iraq
Total US dead in Iraq = 4326……….
May 19th, 2007 at 9:16 amIs it just me but has anyone else noticed that the military has been announcing accumulated/multiple death tolls on the weekend in order to lessen its impact for the past few months? Part of an ongoing effort to limit the reporting of the war’s toll on US troops.Something to look into? or just my cynicism fostered by this administration?
May 19th, 2007 at 9:37 amWe have an accurate count of the number of U.S. troops and civillian contractors dead and wounded in Iraq.
Nobocy counts the Iraqis.
With the current corrupt president and his cronies, Iraqis DON’T COUNT!
Since most of those Iraqis are muslims, maybe THAT’S why our troops don’t count with the warring factions in Iraq’s civil war.
It is waaaaaaay past time to bring our troops home to their REAL lives!
SUPPORT OUR TROOPS, BRING ‘EM HOME!
May 19th, 2007 at 10:39 am3415 Today http://icasualties.org/oif/
May 19th, 2007 at 11:18 am27 / nogamez – your right I knew there was something strange happening the other day casualties were on the 6 oclock news Hours before any website , and still most news websites were harping on about looking for the missing marines ———- I think your right they leave the deaths for the weekend when most people are away for the weekend
May 19th, 2007 at 11:21 amIraqi Deaths
“Change the channelâ€
- Brig. Gen. Mark Kimmitt’s advice to Iraqis who see TV images of innocent civilians killed by coalition troops.
“we dont do body counts”
May 19th, 2007 at 11:24 amGeneral Tommy Franks, US central command
And the responsibility for those 5 deaths lies squarely on the shoulder of the Republic party. One has to wonder how they sleep at night. But, the first requirement of being a Republic politician is that you have no heart and no soul, so I guess they sleep just fine.
May 19th, 2007 at 11:37 am“At least 146 contract workers were killed in Iraq in the first three months of the year,……..”
It is very sad when anyone dies. But I have to admit that I don’t feel the same level of sadness when I read that a $100,000 a year Blackwater mercenary has been killed as I do when I read that a $20,000 a year member of our US military dies. I know I should view both deaths to be equal. But somehow I can’t.
May 19th, 2007 at 11:48 amOne wonders how many KIAs there would have been on Iwo Jima if the Marines had the level of combat medical care and body armor (those that can get it) available to the forces in Iraq.
I read a medical study about a decade ago (can’t remember by who, I think John Hopkins) that concluded that if US forces in World War II had the level of care that US forces in Vietnam had, combat deaths in the Second World War would have been halved.
So any comparisons between battle fatalities that are 60 years apart doesn’t seem to make any sense. You might as well compare the Battle of Fallujah to Gettysburg.
May 19th, 2007 at 2:45 pm