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By Pejman Yousefzadeh Posted in Democrats | Iraq | LalalalalalalaIcan'thearyou! | War — Comments (19) / Email this page » / Leave a comment »
I have nothing to add to this other than "Read The Whole Thing." But I'll be glad to give you a snippet:
AT SATURDAY'S New Hampshire debate, Democratic candidates were confronted with a question that they have been ducking for some time: Can they concede that the "surge" of U.S. troops in Iraq has worked? All of them vehemently opposed the troop increase when President Bush proposed it a year ago; both Hillary Rodham Clinton and Barack Obama introduced legislation to reverse it. Now it's indisputable that the surge has drastically reduced violence. Attacks have fallen by more than 60 percent, al-Qaeda has been dealt a major blow, and the threat of sectarian civil war that seemed imminent a year ago has receded. The monthly total of U.S. fatalities in December was the second-lowest of the war.
A reasonable response to these facts might involve an acknowledgment of the remarkable military progress, coupled with a reminder that the final goal of the surge set out by President Bush -- political accords among Iraq's competing factions -- has not been reached. (That happens to be our reaction to a campaign that we greeted with skepticism a year ago.) It also would involve a willingness by the candidates to reconsider their long-standing plans to carry out a rapid withdrawal of remaining U.S. forces in Iraq as soon as they become president -- a step that would almost certainly reverse the progress that has been made.
What Ms. Clinton, Mr. Obama, John Edwards and Bill Richardson instead offered was an exclusive focus on the Iraqi political failures -- coupled with a blizzard of assertions about the war that were at best unfounded and in several cases simply false. Mr. Obama led the way, claiming that Sunni tribes in Anbar province joined forces with U.S. troops against al-Qaeda in response to the Democratic victory in the 2006 elections -- a far-fetched assertion for which he offered no evidence.
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500 words on the actual status of refugees to and from Iraq in the last six months. Send it in and we'll think about turning your account back on.
And for the love of God, learn to spell.
The Fuzzy Puppy of the VRWC. I've been usurped!
I dont expect this account to last long either, not if I dont agree with your opinion at least (oh and publicly disagreeing apparently gets the axe!)... but I got a link up this time to one place that might help you out if you bothered searching.
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CongressCritter™: Never have so few felt like they were owed so much by so many for so little.
Yes the independant is back! Stop him from having an opinion now!! Before it spreads!
I'm not trolling, i haven't called anyone names unlike the post just below this... having a difference of opinion is -not- trolling.
I'm not trolling, i haven't called anyone names unlike the post just below this... having a difference of opinion is -not- trolling.
I'm not trolling, i haven't called anyone names unlike the post just below this... having a difference of opinion is -not- trolling.
I'm not trolling, i haven't called anyone names unlike the post just below this... having a difference of opinion is -not- trolling.
I'm not trolling, i haven't called anyone names unlike the post just below this... having a difference of opinion is -not- trolling.
ok, those were unintentional. the site froze up and did that. How poorly timed. Theres no delete button.
but the correct spelling is "idiot".
Have a long and miserable life.
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CongressCritter™: Never have so few felt like they were owed so much by so many for so little.
Well in the time it took to smite that heathen, you could have searched yourself... or opened a gmail account and resubscribed then posted a link to one of the hundreds of places that are aware and admit the displacement...
http://www.globalpolicy.org/security/issues/iraq/occupation/report/8mort...
The latest date mentioned in it is April 2007-- right about when the surge was starting to kick in and things seriously started improving.
I believe your assignment from Moe involved the last six months. Nice try, but you lose; would you like some nice parting gifts for playing?
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Finrod's First Law of Bandwidth:
A picture may be worth a thousand words, but it takes the bandwidth of ten thousand.
What do you have? lol
npr had something on it today about close to 1 million having emmigrated since july. I really don't -have- to prove anything to disagree.
Sorry, but that's not the way the game is played.
You came here and dropped a large amount of poo on the carpet. Moe gave you an assignment, and you've blown it off. We're not here to play your games, and you don't want to be here either, since you're ignoring the rules here.
Personally, I'm just having fun sticking harpoons in you. Too bad for you your Iraq information is sadly out of date.
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Finrod's First Law of Bandwidth:
A picture may be worth a thousand words, but it takes the bandwidth of ten thousand.
MOlsen6
Proud supporter of McCain '00 and McCain '08
Yes the troop surge helped hasten the 1 million + refugees in leaving Baghdad and heading for other regions... other countries... anywhere but there! Sounds great... kind of... not.