So again this just goes to show how the news could give a shit in Iraq when there is nothing going on, then when the insurgents decide to step it up a notch suddenly ears perk up. As Loathe said, this is an insurgent attack that is in the process of breaking up. Before this Baghdad was a very safe area, and actually it still is. Hell, Gen Petraus was filmed walking around Baghdad neighborhoods without his Kevlar on not even two weeks ago. What's that tell you when the highest ranking General feels safe enough to do this? Or are you going to chalk it up to a publicity stunt show? Overall, Iraq is safer now than it has been in a long time. Even the Iraqi government is stepping up by having Iraqi Army troops clean up Basra from militants. The US is just sitting back watching and providing extra security if it is needed. But again this is one of those "inconvenient truths" that the media does not want to talk about because it shows signs of improvement, and we all know that is just not acceptable.
Gruss Gott wrote: > John McCain said last week: > "We're succeeding. I don't care what anybody says." > > And apparently that includes the commanders on the ground in the green > zone who issued a all-hands order last week that all personnel were to > "remain under hard cover at all times" as well never leave home > without a helmet and body armor. > > So here's the bottom line, the facts are in: after 5 years of "combat > operations" American soldiers still can't walk outside without body > armor and that's inside of "safe zone". > > There are only 2 options now: leave or nuke the place and leave. It's > time for some hard fact-based decision making and that's why we need a > CIC with some balls to make the tough calls. How about a little > testosterone in the Whitehouse? > > It doesn't make sense to have the 4001st American die to justify and > clear a path to death for the 4002nd and his friends. Senseless ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Adobe® ColdFusion® 8 software 8 is the most important and dramatic release to date Get the Free Trial http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;192386516;25150098;k Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/message.cfm/messageid:257657 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
