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If you only listened to the mainstream media and the DNC you would be under the impression that things in Iraq just get worse with each passing day. Actually, the opposite is true.
US troops killed in hostile action in Iraq last six months from October 2005 to March 2006, in order: 81, 76, 50, 49, 43, 25.
Car bombings in the last six months, from October to March, in order: 70, 70, 70, 68, 30, 30.
Iraqi military and police killed in Iraq in the last six months, in order: 215, 176, 193, 189, 158 and 193. The three months before that were 304, 282, and 233.
Civilians killed in Iraq, last six months, October 2005 to March 2006 in order: 527, 826, 532, 732, 950, 446 in March, the two months before that in August and September of last year -- 2,849 and 1,129. So last August, 2,489 civilians killed in Iraq; in March, 446.
US troops killed in hostile action in Iraq last six months from October 2005 to March 2006, in order: 81, 76, 50, 49, 43, 25.
Car bombings in the last six months, from October to March, in order: 70, 70, 70, 68, 30, 30.
Iraqi military and police killed in Iraq in the last six months, in order: 215, 176, 193, 189, 158 and 193. The three months before that were 304, 282, and 233.
Civilians killed in Iraq, last six months, October 2005 to March 2006 in order: 527, 826, 532, 732, 950, 446 in March, the two months before that in August and September of last year -- 2,849 and 1,129. So last August, 2,489 civilians killed in Iraq; in March, 446.
posted by Senor PeerPressure at 1:16 AM
6 Comments:
Geez, the glass is always half empty isnt it? LESS people are dying. LESS attacks are taking place.
The Iraqi soldiers are getting more precise and more deadly as time goes by. But you dont want that, do you Joe? What you really want is for things to go very very poorly for the US as long as GW is in power. Too bad you arent honest enough to admit it.
Iraqi citizens are reporting where the bad guys are.
U.S. and Iraqi troops are catching/finding terrorists and the weapon caches.
It could be that these reasons AND Washington NOT micromanaging the war is causing the numbers to go the way they are.
Iran will be next to fall!
LOL, I knew the new buzzword would be in there somewhere.
"Redeploy"
A single word that says so much about those who use it.
"Is that how you raise your kids? That everything daddy does is okay, but only do what daddy says is okay for them to do?"
If I had kids, yes. Thats because we are the adults and they are still KIDS.
My dad drank scotch, smoked cigarettes, drove his corvette too fast....And he would often say "dont do as I do, do as I say" and "when you are 18 you can do what you want cuz you'll be paying your own bills".
Yup, Dad was a typical dad. What, your daddy kept everything out of site of his precious little sugarpants?
I find it humorous that anytime somebody disagrees with you they are 'blantantly rude'.
I never said anything disparaging about your father.
Redeploy= buzzword that sounds better than cut and run.
Hey Joe, it is obvious things are getting better. This is why the 'media' is giving so much play to illegal immigration and the Enron trial.
There is a lot to be said for the attitudes of the Iraqi people when a police station gets attacked and the next day the line is around the building with new recruits looking for a job.
The more trust that the Iraqis have in Coalintion forces, the easier this will become. Two reasons, specifically:
1) The insurgency/Al Qaeda made a huge strategic error when they started attacking Iraqis en mass. They failed to destabilize the civil services and have alienated the general public.
2) Iraqis are the key. An American soldier cannot tell the difference between the speech patterns of Arabs in a location, whereas an Iraqi can easily identify a Syrian or Saudi dialect. The more that Iraqis build their forces (now 200,000+), the easier it will become. While we may have superior firepower, the key to destoying or at least marginalizing the insurgency will be civilian assistance.
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