Breaking: Suicide bombers kill at least 175 in Iraq.
By on Aug 14th, 2007 at 4:51 pm
Breaking: Suicide bombers kill at least 175 in Iraq.
“In one of the worst single incidents” in four years of war in Iraq, “three suicide bombers driving fuel tankers attacked a town, home to an ancient minority sect, in northern Iraq” today, killing at least 175 people while injuring hundreds more.
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An obvious sign the bitter enders are in their last throes.
God help us. This accursed war will be the undoing of America.
-GSD
August 14th, 2007 at 4:54 pmIf I remember this was the sect that stoned a local 14 year old girl to death and filmed the stoning on a mobile phone – for wanting to marry a sunni boy
August 14th, 2007 at 4:54 pmYeah, this is gonna be one hell of a country in a decade or so.
August 14th, 2007 at 4:54 pmFreedom is on the march!!!
August 14th, 2007 at 4:56 pmThis is just sad. And it’s another story that Fox News will ignore because they’re tired of reporting on the war.
August 14th, 2007 at 4:58 pm“This is great news!
It makes Bush look bad so let’s celebrate!
Comment by Ralph — August 14, 2007 @ 4:56 pm”
No this is not good news, though I know you are being a sarcastic little Republican……
There is no rejoicing in death, though the Republicans don’t understand this….
This does in fact show how STUPID and IGNORANT Bush is, but what’s your point?????
We already knew that!
August 14th, 2007 at 4:59 pmThis IS THE TOWN that stoned the 14 year old girl for wanting to marry a Sunni
A 17-year-old girl called Doaa Aswad Dekhil from the town of Bashika in the northern province of Nineveh converted to Islam. She belonged to the Yazidi Tribe
Looks like the Sunnis took the Village Out
August 14th, 2007 at 4:59 pmBarbarians!
August 14th, 2007 at 5:00 pmWell, thankfully we have turned the corner and are making real progress. If we give it just six more months…
August 14th, 2007 at 5:00 pmThis is great news!
It makes Bush look bad so let’s celebrate!
Comment by Ralph
You are one sick MoFo! What rock did you crawl out from under, anyway?
I am sure you have no soul and must also be a repug.
August 14th, 2007 at 5:03 pmRalph just can’t accept that Bush’s ignorance in starting this conflict and his bungling in it’s execution is the reason for the tragedys such as this.
There is no celebrating any death and for Ralph to suggest so shows his inhumane nature. It’s this attack, and the thousands before that call me to cry out to this administration for accountability.
Ringo accepts that Rove can cut and run while our soldiers have to attempt and clean this up.
Deplorable.
August 14th, 2007 at 5:04 pmThis is great news!
It makes Bush look bad so let’s celebrate!
Comment by Ralph — August 14, 2007 @ 4:56 pm
Pathetic Bush worshipping bedwetters can only mount straw man arguments because they can’t argue the facts and they can’t argue reality.
Those are real people who died, a*shole. Women. Children. Old men.
The moral bankruptcy of the racist Bush cultists makes me sick in my heart.
August 14th, 2007 at 5:06 pmI was right –
Deadly blasts target Iraqi sect
At least 20 people have been killed and 70 wounded in three suicide blasts in northern Iraq that targeted the Yazidi religious sect.
Police said three suicide bombers driving fuel tankers attacked Yazidis in three different parts of Mosul, 390km north of Baghdad, detonating their vehicles in quick succession.
Yazidis are a primarily Kurdish sect that worships an angel figure considered to be the devil by some Muslims and Christians.
The have been a frequent target of violence in northern Iraq.
Stoning deaths
In April a Yazidi teenager who had recently converted to Islam was reportedly stoned to death after she fell in love with a Muslim and ran off with him.
The incident appears to have sparked an increase in attacks on Yazidis.
Police said 18-year-old Duaa Khalil Aswad was killed by relatives who disapproved of the match.
A grainy video showing gruesome scenes of the woman’s killing was later distributed on Iraqi websites, but its authenticity could not be independently verified.
Two weeks later, assailants shot and killed 23 Yazidis execution-style after stopping their bus and separating out followers of other faiths.
The killings were was believed to have been retaliation for the woman’s death.
Kirkuk killings
The bodies of two Yazidi men who had been stoned to death were also found in the northern city of Kirkuk on Tuesday, police said.
They had been kidnapped while they were travelling to Baghdad to sell olives.
Police Brigadier-General Sarhat Qadir said Akbar Hassan and Ayad Khadir had been kidnapped by al-Qaeda-linked fighters
They took them to the predominantly Sunni village of al-Saeeda and ordered the residents to stone them because they were “infidels”, police said.
The villagers refused, so the fighters killed the men themselves, Qadir said.
August 14th, 2007 at 5:06 pmThe tragedy of Iraq will be written about for the forseeable future and the lesson of Iraq is that Nobody has the right to impose their beliefs by force on any other group or country.
August 14th, 2007 at 5:06 pm1 or 175- in does not matter. What does matter is that there will be no end to this horror. None.
http://english.aljazeera.net/English
August 14th, 2007 at 5:06 pmI’d be interested in hearing how the democrat plan of withdrawing our troops from Iraq is going to prevent atrocities like this one.
August 14th, 2007 at 5:07 pmRingo accepts that Rove can cut and run while our soldiers have to attempt and clean this up.
Deplorable.
Comment by hellinabucket
When chickenhawks like Ringo and ralp/h make these statements, it shows their lack of courage; just like rove, dubya, darth and the rest of the NeoCon BushCo chickenhawks who couldn’t be bothered to serve OR have their children serve. (We are watching you Mitt the Mutt, we appreciate your and your family’s sacrifice to this country!)
August 14th, 2007 at 5:08 pmRemoveBush,
I’m aprogressive that hates Bush!
This is good news since it makes Bush look bad.
Why else would TP post it?
Bad news in Iraq helps us Democrats!
Comment by Ralp
You are neocon scum masqerading as a progressive, trying to smear
This tactic is old and is stupid, easily seen through.
No real progressive cheers the death of anyone.
quit being an ignorant twit and go away.
August 14th, 2007 at 5:08 pmNot sure if this particular incident makes Bush or the surge look one way or the other (they’re stupid enough as is).
It does make the responsible Iraqi faction look stupid and barbaric.
At somepoint we have to leave, stop arming everyone and let them evolve out of the middle ages on their own.
August 14th, 2007 at 5:08 pm3699
been updated now
http://icasualties.org/oif/
average 3.21
August 14th, 2007 at 5:09 pmGrim Reaper Bush does not need anyones help in looking bad. He is able to manage that himself quite well though his combination of ignorance and arrogance.
August 14th, 2007 at 5:11 pmTobey Tall
WTF your doing a countdown
August 14th, 2007 at 5:11 pmWhat was really expected when the chains of a dictatorship was taken off a thousand year old grudge between more tribes than we know of?
Democracy comes from within and is pushed by it’s people. Not on it’s people.
The irony of our trying to impose democracy on those who don’t understand it while it’s being lost here because people take it for granted is truly sad.
August 14th, 2007 at 5:11 pm3 less insurgents is what i say
August 14th, 2007 at 5:12 pmI’d be interested in knowing how the “surge” is going to prevent atrocities like this one. Oh, wait, we just found it: it isn’t going to prevent them.
August 14th, 2007 at 5:12 pm“I’d be interested in hearing how the democrat plan of withdrawing our troops from Iraq is going to prevent atrocities like this one.
Comment by Boudin Bob — August 14, 2007 @ 5:07 pm”
It won’t in the beginning…….
It will allow the Iraqi’s and the surrounding countries to step up to the plate…..
Right now the US tells everyone how to march to the same tune…
The surrounding countries have a greater interrest in a stable Iraq then America does…….
But Bush is to stupid, and arrogant, to let other countries get into the game to fix his screw up!!!!
August 14th, 2007 at 5:12 pmBreaking News:
Bush to deploy several battalions of straw men around Washington D.C. in the expectation of the Petreaus Report in September.
-GSD
August 14th, 2007 at 5:12 pm# 20 I’d be interested in hearing how the democrat plan of withdrawing our troops from Iraq is going to prevent atrocities like this one.
Comment by Boudin Bob — August 14, 2007 @ 5:07 pm
Looks like we aren’t being too effective while there now. And maybe a lot of this will stop when we leave. After all, the Bush/Darth policy has created more terrorists than any other single act. AND they are fully supportive of Saudi Arabia, the main source of insurgents and financial support.
But all that is just too inconvenient to accept.
the BushCo Boyz will end up on the Top 5 list of WOrld wide terror regimes before they are done!
August 14th, 2007 at 5:13 pmLet’s hope there’s a massive attack on US troops!
Comment by Ralph — August 14, 2007 @ 4:58 pm
I guess the statement above is all about “think progress” huh?
August 14th, 2007 at 5:14 pmwhy dont you guys show as much passion for the unborn innocent baby as you do the environment
ralph = joker/batman/nameswitching troll
August 14th, 2007 at 5:14 pmSame tactic he used when he posted as batman months ago.
the lying twit.
The Bush is My God sycophants don’t understand simple causality. 175 deaths in one incident doesn’t make Bush look bad, Bush is bad and the 175 dead are a result of his War.
How does that sad little man sleep at night? How do his pathetic loser defenders sleep at night? You would think that the blood on their hands would make the sheets sticky and smelly. Maybe they like it.
August 14th, 2007 at 5:14 pmSomebody’s winning the war on terror…
August 14th, 2007 at 5:15 pmbut I don’t think it’s us.
Ralph – means to be sick in Scottish
Ralph your making me Ralph
WHAT – you say – This attacks helps us Progressives
a moment ago you were a troll obviously – that wants every Iraqi man, women and child dead ,
August 14th, 2007 at 5:15 pmTP Monitor
Get this sick ralph/Ralp off here! He is calling for Iraqi deaths and smearing his feces all over this thread!
August 14th, 2007 at 5:17 pmWTF your doing a countdown
Countdowns take the morality of supporting the war for trolls
August 14th, 2007 at 5:17 pmAmazing…as of 4:20 central time, not a mention on Fox….
August 14th, 2007 at 5:21 pmneocons: We are making progress… clear the country out so we can get to the oil.
Isn’t that what you righties secretly really want?
August 14th, 2007 at 5:21 pmim no demcorat or even America –
This is my mentality – dont tar me with your brush , sicko
I object to violence because when it appears to do good, the good is only temporary; the evil it does is permanent.
~Mahatma Gandhi
Liberty and democracy become unholy when their hands are dyed red with innocent blood.
August 14th, 2007 at 5:21 pm~Mahatma Gandhi
I hope 3 more bridges collapse and hundreds die so I can blame Bush.
– FOR WASTING OUR RESOURCES IN IRAQ AND NOT TAKING CARE OF AMERICA’S INFRASTRUCTURE.
There’s a Hurricane forming in the Atlantic.
I hope mit hits and destroys a city so I can blame Bush!
–FOR PROMISING TO REBUILD THE CITY WITH “WHATEVER IT TAKES” THEN SPENDING ALL OF OUR RESOURCES IN IRAQ WHILE THE CITY STRUGGLES TO SURVIVE.
Comment by Ralph — August 14, 2007 @ 5:18 pm
August 14th, 2007 at 5:22 pmFaiz
Cleanup needed in Aisle 4! Get thsi Ralph/Ralp troll pile off the floor please!
August 14th, 2007 at 5:23 pmBlame Ralph? That’s what you want? I want accountability but that’s a bigger word than you seem to comprehend. I want our constitution upheld but that wouldn’t fit into a Raplhian view would it?
You disgust me Ralph. you have no spine and no morals. You are inconsistent.
August 14th, 2007 at 5:24 pmRemember Saddam…
What happened to dat boy?
August 14th, 2007 at 5:26 pmYou disgust me Ralph. you have no spine and no morals. You are inconsistent.
Comment by hellinabucket
Our friend Ralphie is a typical name-hopper who has no balls and throws his feces against his mom’s basement wall.
TP will take care of him, in good time, as they did some other troll scum.
August 14th, 2007 at 5:27 pmFaiz
Cleanup needed in Aisle 4! Get thsi Ralph/Ralp troll pile off the floor please!
Comment by upside00
Sent email to tp about this troll. I suggest everyone else do the same.
August 14th, 2007 at 5:27 pmsick Boy your statement would be allowed at redstate.com its a republican blog that dont allow the truth
August 14th, 2007 at 5:29 pmRalph,
August 14th, 2007 at 5:29 pmI guess hoping for a comet is better than hoping for another terrorist attack on America, like some of your ilk have spouted.
Wow that’s one seriously deranged troll. Pay attention to me!!! See, I can eat my boogers!!! Poor self esteem and a well hung and overly friendly Uncle will create some sad head cases.
I had a dog like Ralph once. The miserable cur would eat its own shit and puke on the back step for attention. We had to put a hole in its head to match the one in its psyche.
Picking up any clues here Ralphie??
August 14th, 2007 at 5:29 pmSent email to tp about this troll. I suggest everyone else do the same.
Comment by Wayne — August 14, 2007 @ 5:27 pm
I heard you snitchin’ on a playa man, say it ain’t so.
August 14th, 2007 at 5:30 pmEven as a young’n they consigned me to blow
Witches claims why I’m worth my weight in gold
While they was taking baby steps from an 8th to an O
This is turning into them against us against them against them.
We’re in the middle of a civil war. We can’t stop it without becoming the evil SOB that Saddam was. What are we doing there?
August 14th, 2007 at 5:30 pmGangster…Hustler
At night still found time to kiss my mother
Live like I’m dreamin’
…kick my feet up
Gun pulled my waist remind me of my demon
So
quite ya yappin’
fore I get to clappin
And have your body parts mix and matching
fella ….
August 14th, 2007 at 5:32 pmJ-HOV,
I’m from VA!
Clipse, Neptunes,
STAR TRAK!
August 14th, 2007 at 5:34 pmFox News coverage: All hour = Toxic toy alert
CNN was live from Bagdad, the Pentagon and w/ the State Departament correspondent…
August 14th, 2007 at 5:37 pmJigga,
Where at?
Norfolk? Richmond? Roanoke?
August 14th, 2007 at 5:38 pmWe don’t need to make Bush look bad.
August 14th, 2007 at 5:38 pmHe is bad.
Ralph is sad, along with the other posters that use this horrific attack as another bs talking point.
August 14th, 2007 at 5:38 pmTry to hold an actual debate. Any of these pissants want to try? Easy to spout like a crack whore but put facts behind your opinions.
August 14th, 2007 at 5:39 pmRalph is sad, along with the other posters that use this horrific attack as another bs talking point.
Comment by hellinabucket
Just ignore it and it will slither away. This is a recurring pattern of this sick repug troll. Changes names every week or so and pretends to have a 3 digit IQ. Is found out very quickly that it has a low 2 digit IQ and a mental age of 9.
How sad its life must be!
August 14th, 2007 at 5:41 pmRalph-
U are a sick individual? Wanting American soldiers to die and another terrorist attack against Americans.
If it does happen I hope you and yours are NOT killed.
It is a sad state when such politics hurt so bad.
August 14th, 2007 at 5:42 pmWait major attacks are down. The pentagon told me so.
August 14th, 2007 at 5:45 pmComment by lostcosts — August 14, 2007 @ 5:42 pm
Ralph represents the brand of Post Modern Liberalism that can be found here at TP.
It is sad.
August 14th, 2007 at 5:45 pmComment by Malicious
mess with the threads and I will report you too Mr. Pee
August 14th, 2007 at 5:46 pmComment by Malicious
mess with the threads and I will report you too Mr. Pee
Comment by Wayne
Looks like our little mr p got into mom’s meth stash again! He almost ODed the other night. It was quite a pitiful thing to behold too.
Maybe he should see if he can get accepted into a better school. I know Virginia has programs to waive some of their standards for the emotionally and mentally challenged.
August 14th, 2007 at 5:50 pmlostcosts
Ralph is obviously the guy we all refer to as Mr Pee.
At one point he was calling himself Bill Clinton and doing exactly the same thing.
He is not a progressive, he is a moronic conservative trying to be funny, and, predictably failing. It takes some empathy to be funny, and that is an ability which Mr Pee lacks.
Further, his parody of liberal ideals more betrays the fact that he has about as much of a clue as to what the issues are, as your average pet rock.
August 14th, 2007 at 5:52 pmIF we leave Iraqis will be killed by the hundreds!
Oh, wait, that has been happening WHILE we have been there for 4 years now?
Better get a new talking point.
-GSD
August 14th, 2007 at 5:53 pmAnother obvious sign that things in Iraq are going well! And that surge…..ain’t it workin’ great!
But, really, when we’ve managed to kill most of the 600,000 Iraqis who have perished in this illegal war of ours, 175 is small potatoes. As long as they’re not ours, that is.
August 14th, 2007 at 5:54 pmComment by GSD — August 14, 2007 @ 5:53 pm
Actually, IF we leave Iraqis will be killed by the hundreds of thousands within a period of a few short months!
August 14th, 2007 at 5:54 pmComment by upside00 — August 14, 2007 @ 5:50 pm
They’re called Mental Hospitals. Back before it ceased to be PC, they were called Insane Asylums.
August 14th, 2007 at 5:56 pmPsychologists should find a way to combat the mentality behind Muslim Man’s Burden.
August 14th, 2007 at 5:58 pm“Actually, IF we leave Iraqis will be killed by the hundreds of thousands within a period of a few short months!
Comment by Malicious — August 14, 2007 @ 5:54 pm”
And what PROOF do you have?????
This is what the Administration says…….
Even the intelligence community does not have an answer and don’t know, so what makes YOU the expert?????
August 14th, 2007 at 5:59 pmMalicious, you have no way of proving how many people will be killed whether we stay or not. We can, however, show that the killings continue while we are there. The sewers haven’t been fixed, the power hasn’t been restored and the economy hasn’t been stabilized. The unemployment is horrific all while we are there.
Don’t you want to know what your money is being spent on? Don’t you keep a closer eye on your own expenditures? If so, then why do you allow the blind spending with no accountability to continue?
August 14th, 2007 at 6:02 pmComment by RemoveBush — August 14, 2007 @ 5:59 pm
Dude, everyone knows.
Read the article!
And for more info, click the link on my name.
You lefties are oblivious sometimes…
August 14th, 2007 at 6:02 pmActually, IF we leave Iraqis will be killed by the hundreds of thousands within a period of a few short months!Comment by Malicious — August 14, 2007 @ 5:54 pm
Brought to you by the same predictors that said 2006 would be a landslide for Republicans and the Iraq war would be a slam dunk. Sorry – but you have even less credibility than you do brains. Quite an accomplishment!
August 14th, 2007 at 6:02 pmDude, everyone knows.
Read the article!
And for more info, click the link on my name.
You lefties are oblivious sometimes…
Comment by Malicious — August 14, 2007 @ 6:02 pm
Everyone KNOWS the FUTURE? Yeah, like the never-ending 6 months! You’re like the anti-predictor! Just reverse those stupid predictions of yours, and maybe you’ll get rich on wallstreet!
August 14th, 2007 at 6:03 pm“And for more info, click the link on my name.
You lefties are oblivious sometimes…
Comment by Malicious — August 14, 2007 @ 6:02 pm”
That’s not PROOF of ANYTHING!!!!!
Show me the hard evidence that what you say is going to happen……
Show me something that has been PROVEN, something that has substance and is supported by FACT not speculation!!!!!
Otherwise…….. YOU HAVE NOTHING!
August 14th, 2007 at 6:05 pmRemoveBush – yeah, aren’t the wingnuts insane?
They ignore hard proof of criminal acts when presented. Yet they are willing to believe the predictions of people that have been consistently wrong and call it ‘proof’. What a bunch of lunatics!
August 14th, 2007 at 6:07 pmShow me the hard evidence that what you say is going to happen……
–
Remember what happened when the Taliban took over Afganistan?
August 14th, 2007 at 6:07 pmAnd the “accomplished” mission continues…
August 14th, 2007 at 6:08 pm“Comment by Malicious — August 14, 2007 @ 6:02 pmâ€
By the way…..
NONE of the plans put forth by Progressives, or the Congress claim that there will be NO casualties……..
We don’t make those claims…… We do make the claim that things WILL get better in the long run because the Iraqi’s have a true say in what goes on in their country then……
August 14th, 2007 at 6:08 pmActually, if the US pulls its forces into the Kurdish areas of Iraq, the Sunnis will be asked to either move out of there or join Allah. The Shiia will be asked to move out of central and western Iraq, and given the same options. In southern Iraq, the Sunnis will have the same choices.
After seeing what happened under Saddam, I suspect that there will be a mass relo and casualties would not exceed 20,000.
The reason that the US would have to move forces into the Kurdish regions is that Turkey has to be held at bay or the worst case of genocide in human history would occur if they were not there.
August 14th, 2007 at 6:17 pm“Remember what happened when the Taliban took over Afganistan?
Comment by Malicious — August 14, 2007 @ 6:07 pm”
What????
Was the US and other countries still providing assitance or support??????
Please provide something that represents what we are talking about here….
You are talking about a TRUE vacuum where the soviets pulled out and NO ONE was around to ensure that the Afgans managed themselves properly…..
What your suggesting is that the US REMOVE ALL TROOPS AND SEND THEM BACK TO THE US…….
What most people are suggesting is a REDEPLOYMENT!!!! That does not mean bringing them all here to the US…….
BIG DIFFERENCE!!!!!
Your example shows your ignorance and stupidity……
August 14th, 2007 at 6:17 pmAnd the “accomplished†mission continues…
Comment by pete592
Maybe we will get a “son of Mission Accomplished” Ge to see that codpice again as Dubya does his Texas redneck swagger across the carrer deck.
Now THAT was a comedic sight for the ages! I hope any Dem running for office plays that as background to remind everyone of what happens when you let a repug get in office.
August 14th, 2007 at 6:18 pmHeyoooooOOOOOooOOoOoOooOoOo Ralph!
August 14th, 2007 at 6:19 pmwill be asked to either move out of there or join Allah – WtM
—
And those who refuse, what happens to them?
hmmmm……
August 14th, 2007 at 6:19 pmBob.
Ralph was T h e J o k e r.
Keep up the great work at the CIA!
heYoo!
August 14th, 2007 at 6:21 pmRemember what happened when the Taliban took over Afganistan? Comment by Malicious — August 14, 2007 @ 6:07 pm
They stopped the Heroin, so Bush had to invade to resupply!
August 14th, 2007 at 6:22 pmComment by Malicious — August 14, 2007 @ 6:19 pm
I said that in the post. But, these guys are beginning to realize that there is a shortage of virgins.
August 14th, 2007 at 6:24 pmThese maybe the lucky ones after reading this:
August 14th, 2007 at 6:27 pmhttp://www.gnn.tv/headlines/15058/Baghdad_Without_Water
Comment by WaltTheMan — August 14, 2007 @ 6:24 pm
I misunderstood what you meant by “meet Allah”
My bad.
August 14th, 2007 at 6:28 pmComment by WaltTheMan — August 14, 2007 @ 6:24 pm
I misunderstood what you meant by “meet Allahâ€
My bad.
Comment by WaltTheMan — August 14, 2007 @ 6:28 pm
_______________________________________________
Looks like WtM is Malicious and forgot to switch the name back when rsponding to itself.
August 14th, 2007 at 6:39 pmNow a neocon has hijacked my Handle. The worst part is that said neocon has no concept of the religous conflicts and struggles of the Near and Middle East. That’s par for the neocon population.
August 14th, 2007 at 6:40 pmLook at what we’re dealing with in the Whitehouse, their statement on this attack:
“barbaric attacks on innocent civilians”
Propaganda at it’s finest. These people are fighting a war with the only weapons they have. They don’t have M1 Abrams tanks, White Phosphorous, and F16’s. Killing is barbaric. PERIOD!
The trolls will EAT THIS crap up.
August 14th, 2007 at 6:42 pmComment by WaltTheMan — August 14, 2007 @ 6:40 pm
Walt,
That was me. My info was erased and rather than type in Malicious, I hastily copied (what I thought was my handle) and pasted. So sorry. However, I do have an idea of the religious conflicts and struggles of the Near and Middle East, and in fact, I agree with your post. Again, I apologize. I will be more careful next time.
August 14th, 2007 at 6:45 pmLooks like WtM is Malicious and forgot to switch the name back when rsponding to itself.
Comment by LosingFaith — August 14, 2007 @ 6:39 pm
—
Wrong. I messed up. Walt did not make that comment.
August 14th, 2007 at 6:45 pmComment by Malicious — August 14, 2007 @ 6:45 pm
Thanks for applying that correction. There was a crowd gathering outside and it looked like at least one of them was carrying a noose. They had already built a platform on my lawn with a door that falls downward. They just left with some wood that looked like framing.
August 14th, 2007 at 6:56 pmWrong. I messed up. Walt did not make that comment.
Comment by Malicious — August 14, 2007 @ 6:45 pm
You ALWAYS mess up. You’re just usually too stupid to notice.
August 14th, 2007 at 7:09 pm3699 been updated now
Comment by Tobey Tall
Tobey, you should have noted that these are 699 deaths since the surge. 699 totally beyond unnecessary.
August 14th, 2007 at 7:44 pm#16 – interesting post tobey – unbelievable – stonings still go on – how would anybody expect to help “liberate” a people who bludgeon a girl to death with rocks because she happens to like a fellow countryman with a different religious belief? – can’t bush get a clue from this sort of insanity that maybe these people can’t be reasoned with?
August 14th, 2007 at 8:34 pm#16 – interesting post tobey – unbelievable – stonings still go on – how would anybody expect to help “liberate†a people who bludgeon a girl to death with rocks because she happens to like a fellow countryman with a different religious belief? – can’t bush get a clue from this sort of insanity that maybe these people can’t be reasoned with?
Comment by ipod — August 14, 2007 @ 8:34 pm
Yah or how about those students that walk into their schools and shoot 13 of their classmates, get what I’m saying? Why does America or anyone seem to think it’s any better than anyone else?
August 14th, 2007 at 9:12 pmYah or how about those students that walk into their schools and shoot 13 of their classmates, get what I’m saying? Why does America or anyone seem to think it’s any better than anyone else?
Comment by Capt Morgan
And the people doing that shooting are from middle class, white Christian homes.
August 14th, 2007 at 9:31 pmActually, IF we leave Iraqis will be killed by the hundreds of thousands within a period of a few short months!
Comment by Malicious — August 14, 2007 @ 5:54 pm
Remember, this is the troll who, as Mr P, rejoices in the death of every Iraqi…
August 14th, 2007 at 9:42 pmActually, IF we leave Iraqis will be killed by the hundreds of thousands within a period of a few short months!
Comment by Malicious — August 14, 2007 @ 5:54 pm
Remember, this is the troll who, as Mr P, rejoices in the death of every Iraqi…
Comment by !!!!!!!! — August 14, 2007 @ 9:42 pm
I’ll stand by my estimate of 20,000. There are times when fear overtakes fanaticism. That is the fundamental reason that the Palestinians left Palestine in the late 40’s.
August 14th, 2007 at 10:33 pm>This is good news since it makes Bush look bad.
No, its just reality. Reality makes bush look bad. If we don’t publicize reality, people will go through thier lives living (and voting) in a fantasy world where they never have to understand the consequences of their actions.
August 15th, 2007 at 12:54 amThe surge has been unable to decrease the violence in Iraq. This policy is so flawed that the Joint Chiefs of Staff advised against the surge as did Gen. Casey.
August 15th, 2007 at 3:09 am“Remember what happened when the Taliban took over Afganistan?
Comment by Malicious — August 14, 2007 @ 6:07 pmâ€
What????
Was the US and other countries still providing assitance or support??????
Please provide something that represents what we are talking about here….
You are talking about a TRUE vacuum where the soviets pulled out and NO ONE was around to ensure that the Afgans managed themselves properly…..
What your suggesting is that the US REMOVE ALL TROOPS AND SEND THEM BACK TO THE US…….
What most people are suggesting is a REDEPLOYMENT!!!! That does not mean bringing them all here to the US…….
BIG DIFFERENCE!!!!!
Your example shows your ignorance and stupidity……
Comment by RemoveBush
Redeploying to where exactly?
And if we leave Iraq how do we make sure everyone plays nice?
How do you expect us to provide assistance without having the military there to protect it?
You want a good example of what happens to a nation in conflict when we pull out and abandon it? Lets all go down memory lane to your favorite defeat. Vietnam…. anyone here remember how that turned out? In case you never knew or have had your memory eaten away by drug abuse, here is a good article that might give you a glimpse of what might happen.
http://www.americanthinker.com/2007/03/the_current_meaning_of_vietnam.html
The surge is working and it scares the hell out of you…. Just because we run into some adversity does not mean that we pack it up and quit. I’m guessing in all of your lives you have had to deal with some type of setback… if you let it, it can destroy you…… but most overcome setbacks and become stronger for it. As a nation we cannot curl up into the fetal position and lay in the corner.
I hate the fact we are losing brave men and women everyday… but unlike Vietnam these brave men and women are volunteers. They feel a duty to serve. I know there are plenty who have served before them who say they are antiwar… my guess is they were drafted and never volunteered. In those circumstances I could see a resentment, if you had no sense of duty.
August 15th, 2007 at 5:22 amWhy are you liberals all cheering for the muderous insurgents in that country? You take such glee in articles like this. YOU ARE SICK.
August 15th, 2007 at 9:27 am