Friday, October 20, 2006
"Things in Iraq are slipping fast...."
Study Claims Iraq's Death Toll Has Reached 655,000.
This is no newsflash 'cos I've been pretty much been saying this as long as I've been doing this blog but the Iraq war is outta f-cking control.
I mean even Bush is finally copping to this becoming his Vietnam war?! Amazing....
"The United States military command in Iraq acknowledged on Thursday that its 12-week-old campaign to win back control of Baghdad from sectarian death squads and insurgents had failed to reduce violence across the city."
An adviser warns that the U.S. may have weeks, not months, to avert civil war. (related: Think Progress says Iraq: Worse Than Civil War.)
So how f-cking stupid do these GOP goons think we are? "Sen. Burns: Bush Has A Secret War Plan. [The] Montana Senator Says He Believes President Has Plan For Winning, But Is Keeping It Quiet."
The Iraq Study Group led by former Republican Secretary of State James Baker to rule out “Victory” in report: Managed Withdrawal. That sounds a lot like defeatism and "cut 'n' run" talk to me! Funny how they won't release their study until after the midterm elections though.
Rumsfeld says Iraq Must Take Over Security. More cut 'n' run talk from Team Bush? I thought that was supposed to the "soft-on-terror" Dems' lane?
Meanwhile the head of the British Army is calling for their troops to withdraw from Iraq “soon” or risk catastophic consequences for both Iraq and British society.
And a UK brigadier says the Iraq war has cost years of progress in Afghanistan.
So here's what I've never gotten: I've been hearing this same ole' stupid Pollyanna line from the administration about American forces "standing down" as Iraqi security forces get up to speed training-wise and are able "stand up" and take over security for their own people. But Iraq has NEVER been secure since the start of the war and has steadily gotten worse while under American occuaption. How's it gonna be better once they leave or start to draw down their forces?? Somebody smarter than me please explain this. Ya boy G Dubs really f-cked this whole Iraq thing up but you already knew that, right?
