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2006-02-28 Iraq

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Posted by Fred 2006-02-28 00:00|| || Front Page|| [1 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 Hmmm...

Civil War Fearmongering in MSM Persists

Yeah, that's better.

Posted by .com 2006-02-28 01:13|| 2006-02-28 01:13|| Front Page Top

#2 Noting the increase in shia-sunni violence and decrease in US casualties, I think something's going on and it's that Zark and Co. are losing and are shifting their tactics as a result. They can't beat the coalition, so they figure to cause enough trouble to gain traction through at least "instability", if not civil war. The MSM is too dumb to see it, so they shift from the Oh no, Quagmire! meme to the Oh no, Civil War! meme. Any excuse to bitch.

Posted by Spot">Spot 2006-02-28 10:15|| 2006-02-28 10:15|| Front Page Top

#3 Agree with SPOT - the "insurgency" has failed to sucessfully destabilize or induce the removal of the USA from Iraq, both in Iraq and Afghanistan, and while the Samarra, etal violence has shaken the new Iraqi Govt also has NOT led to either its destruction, dissolution, or sudden calls for new elex. The insurgents are wilfully upping the ante of violence before the US Coalition and new Iraqi Govt can finish them off as an organz Iraq-based force-network once and for all. For me, SAMARRA = TET OFFENSIVE, where prohibitive local losses > foreign govts will have to take over the fight. AS WITH CHINA IN KOREA 1, AND HANOI DURING POST-TET VIETNAM, THE US-LED FORCES DESTROYED SO MUCH MANPOWER AND ASSETS AS TO PUT AT RISK/THREATEN THE ABILITY OF THE CHINESE AND LATER NORTH VIETNAMESE GOVTS TO CONTROL/HOLD ON TO THEIR OWN PARTIES AND GOVTS.

Posted by JosephMendiola 2006-02-28 21:50|| 2006-02-28 21:50|| Front Page Top

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