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This is a great success! President Bush really did a great job defeating the Defeatcrats. Now, the Defeatcrats have given President Bush another $70 billion to finish the war.
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States should be able to withdraw five combat brigades from Iraq by mid-2008 because troops have held onto security gains made this year, Defense Secretary Robert Gates said on Friday.
This is a great success! President Bush really did a great job defeating the Defeatcrats. Now, the Defeatcrats have given President Bush another $70 billion to finish the war.
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States should be able to withdraw five combat brigades from Iraq by mid-2008 because troops have held onto security gains made this year, Defense Secretary Robert Gates said on Friday.
What will be interesting to see, is the UN has authorized one more year, bringing us till the end of 2008.. What will happen after that?
How much credit will the next administration get, receive for "getting us out" when it will actually be time to get us out.
Will the Iraqi's hold onto these strenghts for 10-20 years down the road?
Will this newly found "democracy" in the area, also hold strenght?
Dec 22, 2007 - More Good News Coming From Iraq: I'll start posting this good news everyday. al Qaeda is being crushed by our troops. Everyday, our troops are creating good news in this War on Terror
Iraq Qaeda group confirms top figure killed
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20071222/ts_nm/iraq_qaeda_tape_dc_1 (broken link)
DUBAI (Reuters) - An al Qaeda-linked group in Iraq has confirmed the death of Abu Maysara, a top operative who the U.S. military said was killed in a clash last month, according to a recording posted on the Web on Saturday.
The surge is only working in the sense that it is saving face. It is like throwing extra police at a murder scene. While they are there, crime goes down. As soon as they leave, it is back to the same elements in control. Genocide, torture, persecution of Christians and women go on unabated even now. The media is still singing the administration's line and lies. Our kids are dying in the end for nothing. There is no Iraq government, so who is suppose to take over after we leave? Funding should be cut off now.
Great news. They are coming back because they are restoring order and the Iraqi troops and maintaining security where they are operating.
Turkey is currently bombing Kurds in Northern Iraq, and the Brits are gettin outta dodge down in the south.
Areas that were formerly desegregated have witnessed low level ethnic cleansing, which is where much of the violence was centered. One of the reasons for this "quieting down" is that many of these areas are again segregated into various religious sects and divisions and the murder of the other factions.
So if we say that lessening violence is good, which it is, then by all accounts, life under Saddam would have been a success if measured by todays standards. As brutal as he was, the nationwide level of violence and slaughter of people was still far less than it is today.
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