First internal assessment of escalation negative.
By on Jun 3rd, 2007 at 11:57 pm
First internal assessment of escalation negative.
“Three months after the start of the Baghdad security plan that has added thousands of American and Iraqi troops to the capital, they control fewer than one-third of the city’s neighborhoods, far short of the initial goal for the operation, according to some commanders and an internal military assessment.”
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No shit….
All those dead — troops and Iraqis — for NOTHING.
June 4th, 2007 at 12:00 amHow many times do we give them “one more chance”? How many more of our brave heroes must pay the ultimate price for this misguided experiment in world domination? How many more families will suffer the terrible grief of losing a loved one to war? How many people can honestly say that this was for a good cause, when we all know by now that the reasons they gave us for its absolute necessity were lies?
Everyone agrees that as soon as our troops leave, all hell breaks loose and the sectarian violence really takes off. So if that’s the case, why stick around? The Iraqis have been showing little passion for taking over their own security, but why does that mean we have to do it? After all, even under Saddam, there were police and army forces to enforce the law. Why aren’t they willing to do it now for a much more acceptable cause? Why do we have to keep dying on their behalf? And how many more innocent Iraqis will die because we are there?
It’s time to leave Iraq. Now. This minute. This very second. There is no longer any justification for keeping our soldiers there. bring them home – NOW!
June 4th, 2007 at 12:08 amThis is news?
June 4th, 2007 at 12:09 amSTUPIDS.
June 4th, 2007 at 12:09 amWhat did you expect? Stupid is as stupid does.
June 4th, 2007 at 12:11 amNot for nothing….remember, Bush’s Legacy. The greatest war president ever.
sarcasm/
June 4th, 2007 at 12:11 amNot for nothing….remember, Bush’s Legacy. The greatest war president ever.
You mean the greatest OIL WHORE pResident EVER?
June 4th, 2007 at 12:15 amBush does not care, he just wants Iraq’s OIL. At least Rep. Dennis Kucinich has the balls to say the Iraq occupation is about OIL only.
June 4th, 2007 at 12:16 amWhere are all the trolls? Seems like this would be a perfect story to draw them. They could complain about how this is great news for the traitors on the left who want America to “loose”.
June 4th, 2007 at 12:23 amThis is news?
Comment by kdoug
You want news? Go to a news site.
This is a political blog.
June 4th, 2007 at 12:25 amThey should be out of chances. Bring the troops home, declare victory, have some parades and give us our effing country back!
June 4th, 2007 at 12:26 amRatFu(kingLyingBastards!
The first assessment of U.S. troops after the Battle of Kasserine Pass was negative as well. War is hell, people.
June 4th, 2007 at 12:28 amIt is only about the oil. Even ThinkProgress seems to ignore what is going on with the Iraq Hydrocarbon Law. The only mention of it seems to be in the comments section. Wikipedia has more info on it than seems to get covered here. Yet another smoking gun to impeach Bush and Cheney and the Democrats are still looking for their spine.
June 4th, 2007 at 12:29 amThe first assessment of Custer’s troops after the Battle of Big Horn was negative too. Sometimes losing is losing, especially with losers running the show.
June 4th, 2007 at 12:30 amThe first assessment of U.S. troops after the Battle of Kasserine Pass was negative as well. War is hell, people.
And TRAITOR/MURDERERS like Bush and the PNAC will BURN in WAR!!
BURN motherFATHERS!!
June 4th, 2007 at 12:32 amThe first assessment of U.S. troops after the Battle of Kasserine Pass was negative as well. War is hell, people.
Comment by Jake — June 4, 2007 @ 12:28 am
Ah, speak of the devil! I no more than ask where the trolls are when who shows up with an absurd false equivilancy but Jake? He must be on the night shift this week.
June 4th, 2007 at 12:36 amWar is hell, people.
Comment by Jake
Right, and Jake is a clueless ass.
June 4th, 2007 at 12:36 am#10 Read S-A-R-C-A-S-M … but thanks for the heads up …
June 4th, 2007 at 12:38 am#10 Read S-A-R-C-A-S-M … but thanks for the heads up …
Comment by kdoug
Oy, apologies. :{
June 4th, 2007 at 12:42 amno worries Mistress Z .. ;o)
June 4th, 2007 at 12:45 amNext thing JakeAss will come up with is that we haven’t killed nearly as many Iraqis as we killed Vietnamese.
June 4th, 2007 at 12:51 amGo blow some bubbles in your bathtub, JakeAss.
The first assessment of U.S. troops after the Battle of Kasserine Pass was negative as well. War is hell, people.
Comment by Jake
War is hell and occupation is stupid pointless hell.
And you, trolljake, are a small-minded creep who trivializes the sacrifice of American and Iraqi lives with everyone of your trivial and smart-arse posts.
June 4th, 2007 at 12:56 amThe Battle of Kasserine Pass: Significant as the first large-scale meeting of American and German forces in World War II, the green and untested American troops, who were led in an inept manner by their commander…
“who were led in an inept manner by their commander…”
“who were led in an inept manner by their commander…”
So Jake has a point to make after all. He recognizes ineptitude when he sees. Jake, are you suggesting we need to get rid of the Commanderer-In-Chief?
June 4th, 2007 at 1:01 amNo.
June 4th, 2007 at 1:05 amNo.
Comment by Jake
But jake, the commander at the Battle of the Kasserine Pass was in ept and the Army made changes.
Bus is clearly incompetent. Doesn’t that mean we need to make changes if we’re going to win this war?
June 4th, 2007 at 1:09 amWhat in the hell is the matter with terrorist-loving right-wing Bush-enablers like Jake? Bush has given Osama everything he ever dreamed of having: eternal war in the mid-east, bankruptcy of the American treasury, increasing hatred for Americans and lots of American troops for target practice. Bring the troops home now. Stop fueling the fires of hatred towards Americans. Stop using the troops as cannon fodder. Stop the terrorist-loving Republicans.
June 4th, 2007 at 1:12 amThere are millions, even billions, of reasons to keep our troops in Iraq. They’re called dollar bills; profits; bonuses for CEOs! Poor people’s kids die so rich people’s kids can live a better life.
That’s the “noble cause” Casey Sheehan and thousands of others have died for.
June 4th, 2007 at 1:21 amWar is hell, people.
Comment by Jake — June 4, 2007 @ 12:28 am
Then you’d think Georgie would’ve worked a little harder to avoid going to war. In fact, he did the exact opposite. He PUSHED hard and fast to lead us to hell!!
June 4th, 2007 at 2:25 amOn May 1, 2003, while on board the USS Abraham Lincoln, Chimpy stood in front of a huge banner that proclaimed “Mission Accomplished.” Then on May 31, 2005, Deadeye Dick Cheney proclaimed that the insurgency is “if you will in its last throes.”
Now the “surge” isn’t working.
You dont suppose Bush and Cheney have been lying to us do you?
June 4th, 2007 at 5:19 amWhere is the study group that insisted that a surge, WITHOUT carrying out ALL of the other steps outlined by the group, was DESTINED to FAILURE?
They did their study and then shut up. Did the “decider-in-chief threaten them with death or Gitmo if they didn’t STFU?
What a bunch of “Girlie Men!”
June 4th, 2007 at 6:20 amnegative? from bushco? say it aint so….
who expects anything different from state sponsored terrorism.
June 4th, 2007 at 6:37 amWhy do these military commanders hate America so much?
June 4th, 2007 at 12:22 pmYou’re probably right, Briseadh, as usual. It’s too bad that most Americans do not understand that our constitution guarantees us a republic, not a capitalist society.
June 4th, 2007 at 9:28 pm