"Smaller security improvements in the past have been followed by surges in violence."

The SCOURGE is working!

Stay safe, healthy and happy,
Love, Loretta

The Bush administration in co-ordination with the Maslikcki government are suppressing the count of deaths. The surge hasn't worked at all. You have to remember ewvery bit of news that comes out of Baghdad is just one big gelatinous mass of lies. This was what Rummie menat when he said they had to win hearts and minds. Not the iraqi's hearts and minds. Ours.

DID YOU NOTICE HOW THE OTHER DAY THERE WAS A REPORT OF 100 BODIES DUMPED IN A MASS GRAVE?

I'll gaurantee you right now those peoples death's are not counted in any official death tolls.

Every aspect of the situation in Iraq is kept from Americans or lied about.

How do you make the surge work? Just jimmy the numbers. There's people all over America and journalists as well going around repeating the surge is working mantra. It was never true. The violence is just as bad or worse. The suicide bombers still explode the militia's still roam around at night slitting throats.

This is exactly the reason you hear about these tribal groups that are supposedly working in association with The United States military and the coalition government. Know why they like to form these kinds of arrangements so much?

So that whoever these thugs murder is kept off the books. They provide "security" pretty much like Blackwater does. At the end of a sprayng machine gun or a nice sharp blade.

Mr. Walker's report projects an obvious apple and oranges sleight of hand as he compares summer with winter statistics. Violence in this region always accelerates in the summer unless spurred on by outsider action.

Iraq will NEVER stabilize with a foreign occupation force there. The military and the administration know this. The US policy is to promote destabilization in the region to ensure US/Israeli hegemony in the Middle East, NOT the propaganda they release to deceive everyone in the US into supporting the occupation. This is the Realpolitik not dressed up in fantasy for the public. The real target remains Iran.

Time for another surge. This time, send all the chickenhawks.

George Bush is singing and dancing into history. His little sing song this week invoking, Brownie"s incompetence, Rice"s ineptitude, Libby"s treason, and Cheney"s secrecy, put me in mind of his oval office WMD hunt. I really don"t know if this man has a moral compass, because I can"t think of one president in US history, Roosevelt, Truman, LBJ, even Nixon who joked about war. With Fallons"s resignation, I fear the last firewall against a conflict with Iran has been eliminated. Once again the Bush Administration fires a general officer for putting the well being of the military and country first.

It"s not unprecedented for a president to dismiss a general officer over policy disagreements. Lincoln replaced George McClellan, with Grant because he was not using his superior Union army to engage Lee and lost when he did. In 1933, FDR accepted the resignation Maj.-Gen. Smedley Butler for merely being approached by a wealthy secretive group industrialists and bankers calling themselves the American Liberty League, the members of which well give you pause, to stage the over though of the Administration, accusing him of being a socialist, the new state would have been fascist in nature. Truman fired Mcarthur for politically lobbying the public in order to expand the Korean War to China with Nuclear weapons.

This current situation is different, now we have Commander Chief who claims he listens to his generals, yet forces them out when they give honest assessments of military readiness. Army Secretary Thomas White was personally fired by Paul Wolfowitz, because he backed General Eric Shinseki"s under oath assessment of troop strength necessary to invade and occupy Iraq. Eric Shinseki was latter forced out. Fallon"s resignation, David Petraeus"s boss, looks much like that of Eric Shinseki, he was forced out over honest assessment of military readiness to launch an attack against Iran. Jack Cafferty put is best, when he commented last night that Fallon"s resignation over a military assessment was a shameful way for a 41 year career dedicated to this country to end, the reason only nitwits still remain in the Bush Admistarion.

Even in a stalemate Liberals will try to surrender to someone...if they could just find one of the few remaining bad guys to surrender to. I expect Reid and Queen bee Pelosi will come out with another "The War is Lost" statements to satisfy the cowards on the Left.

34 comments 42 pending, better get a new system.

All the more reason to spread the conflict into Iran.
In their twisted logic, this Whitehouse and the lapdog Republican Party believe that they will win the support of the American people through conflict politics. Their largest roadblock, Admiral Fallon has now "resigned" and the administration is free to pursue their agenda.

Who knew?!

According to the two leaders of the 9/11 Commission, Thomas H. Kean and Lee H. Hamilton

Asking...Are we Safer Today? Their answer? No.

"......no conflict drains more time, attention, blood, treasure and support from our worldwide counterterrorism efforts than the war in Iraq. It has become a powerful recruiting and training tool for al-Qaeda."

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/09/07/AR2007090702050_2.html

its all apart of the N e w W o r l d O r d e r as specified by George H Bush

How is it that our department of DEFENSE is allowed to INVADE another country?

How are you defending yourself in a far away land?

If you are so concerned about security then why are the borders wide open?

open your eyes AMERICA

Thrown into the Dead end 'Comment 'page again- like the Winchester Mystery House- leads to nowhere. Thanks for the Censorship CHARTER Michgan.!
Let's try it again.
Yesterday while playing ball with my dog, I was interrupted by a POSER, who declared his Offense at my lawn sign 'Support the Troops End the War"Apparently I was supposed to assume his green Camo Jacket indicated military service (doubt ful- look like off the rake at Kmart Hunting Dept)He informed me I was insulting the Troops...By my Grey hair I should remeber Vietanm- Oh Baby I do! I'm no Jane Fonda, that why I choose that sign specifically. I decided I must 'spell out ' what was meant by the letters on the Sign (apparently could not read or comprehend eithert)Never did this Wannabe inform Me of his SEvice to this country- becaseu he didn't have any- but felt free to grill me on mine. Frankly anyonewho has live life endangered everyday, their family at home scraping to get by without them would understand my sign is in SUPPORT of them and the Sacrifics they should have never been asked to offer for this Oil War. When I explained it was to bring them home and an indictment agaisnt Bush & Cheney- he disregarded the statement and continued to berate my sign as a slight against the troops. Of course after he left I thought what could cause such a distorted view about what is good for OUR Service personal? Perhaps he worked for Blackwater. He did generously concede I do have the Right to have the Sign- Gee thanks.

Oh - but Ann Coulter said things are going swimmingly!

I must relate this incident that happened to me yesterday.
I was playing Ball with my Dog when a guy wearing a green Camo Jacket asks me if he can ask me a question- assuming it's about my beautifulGSD girl, I walk over. He proceeds to drill me about the sign on my front Yard... "Support the Troops End the War" did I put it there- Yes, have I served or is any of my family Servicing _No ( actually have a nephew who has not yet been deployed - thank God). He then informs me He is Offended! Not stating he is in th emilitary, nor has seen any combat. Then further states considering th eGrey in my Hari I should remeber Vietnam- I do. Our Troops were held Repsonsible for actions of th eGov't- hell they were Forced to participate. I remember. That is why I chose that sign in particular. I am not jane Fonda. I attempted to expalin what was actually written on th esign- it's about W & Dick Not th eTroops. Still did not get it . Repeated his Offense to the sign. I informed him I want our Kids Home. Still nothing. Still offended. Thou Protest too much, so my only guess is this idiot is not nor has ever been in combat- since he did not proudly tell me how exactly he served. He is most likely a shallow minded Poser. Wannbe who thinks the only way to SErve Your Country is to carry a gun and kill People. I've worked in Long term Care, with Children and Deveolpementally disabled Adults, I have served my country by taking care of Cititzens who are unable to care for themselves, I don't need nop stinking gun.
If he actually was a service person he would have realized my undying concern for those still over there dying for a Grab for Oil, Not freedom, not Naitonal Security.
I appreciate all who are willing to give their lives to this country- I'd rather never have to ask them to sacrific such (nor disabilitiy, nor their family's welfare, nor their mental wellbeing) I'd love to know they are ready , willing and able, but preferr they are never used. Diplomacy should be our first line of Defense, not 18, 19, 20 21 ...yr olds

The whole point of the surge was for the Iraqi government to meet the benchmarks. They have no met any of them. So how on earth can the surge be a success?