The situation is bleak
What’s most disconcerting about the pattern of violence in Iraq is that it is constant. The troop levels we had in 2005 produced the same level of violence that we see now. If we examine the U.S. strategy from a historical perspective we see that 20,000 more troops is not going to quell the violence.
The deaths of the [five]U.S. troops, combined with a helicopter crash that killed 12 U.S. soldiers, made Saturday the deadliest day for U.S. forces in two years. It was also the third-highest of any single day since the war began in March 2003, eclipsed only by 37 U.S. deaths on Jan. 26, 2005, and 28 on the third day of the U.S. invasion. U.S. authorities also announced two American combat deaths from Friday.
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January 21st, 2007 at 12:30 pm
That’s what is so sad about support for this President’s new plan. It’s not a "surge" or plan for long term victory. It’s a clear and hold strategy limited to Baghdad alone to buy the President and the iraqi government a little more time.
January 22nd, 2007 at 11:30 am
None of it makes any sense, but thats conservative retardation for ya.
January 22nd, 2007 at 3:46 pm
Unfortunately, Liberal Democrats are largely driven by emotion as opposed to rational intellect…..