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2003-10-29 Iraq

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Posted by Murat 2003-10-29 11:22:29 AM|| || Front Page|| [1 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 The problem for Bush is that his Iraq strategy is based on trying to nation-build while fighting the growing insurgency.

These are more like last gasps. Since killing large numbers of U.S. soldiers is proving to be difficult, these "insurgents" are now going after NGO's and Iraqi civilians. The only people that are stupid enough not to see the situation for what it is are lefties (read: Democrats) and Baath/Saddam sympathisers (like you, for instance).

Six months after the war was said to be over, US military casualties, like civilian casualties, are mounting daily, with 217 US soldiers killed in that time bringing the total since the war began to 355.

50,000 U.S. soldiers died in Vietnam. So what's your point?

Posted by Bomb-a-rama 2003-10-29 11:43:00 AM|| 2003-10-29 11:43:00 AM|| Front Page Top

#2 Armenians, Cypriots, Kurds

Posted by Scott 2003-10-29 11:45:54 AM|| [tacoflavoredkisses.com/tfkblog/] 2003-10-29 11:45:54 AM|| Front Page Top

#3 I would not be surprised...

I skipped the article and scrolled down to see who had posted it. I was not surprised.

Then I checked to see where you'd found it. Boy, was I not surprised. The Sydney Morning Herald is probably the worst broadsheet in the Anglosphere. It has no conception of the line between opinion and fact, and is hostile to the US in general and to Bush very much in particular.

You're going to have to do better, little trollie.

Posted by Angie Schultz 2003-10-29 11:46:18 AM|| [http://darkblogules.blogspot.com] 2003-10-29 11:46:18 AM|| Front Page Top

#4 Murat, you should have been around this country during WWII. By your standard we should have surrendered to the Japanese after the fall of the Phillipines. Heck that would have saved a great many lives. Maybe living under Imperial Japan or an Islamofacists state appeals to you, but I find the idea repugnant. Any American who feels can kiss my Red White & Blue American ASS.

Posted by Cyber Sarge (VRWC CA Chapter) 2003-10-29 11:48:53 AM|| 2003-10-29 11:48:53 AM|| Front Page Top

#5 Morning Murat! Just because the lefties say they would cut and run...don't for a minute think Bush would. We know that's what your heart desires, but sorry to disappoint you. We're there, and we're going to succeed. And just like the islamofascists, this fact eats at you everyday. Losing sucks Murat, why dont' you jump aboard for the big win. If I were you I'd start making nice with the Iraqis...it's the neighborly thing to do.

Posted by Rex Mundi 2003-10-29 11:54:35 AM|| 2003-10-29 11:54:35 AM|| Front Page Top

#6 Washington Times story

Not sure about the accuracy of the poll, since there have been lots of others that don't show the same trends. OTOH, things change over time.

Posted by Chuck Simmins 2003-10-29 11:55:06 AM|| [http://blog.simmins.org] 2003-10-29 11:55:06 AM|| Front Page Top

#7 Bush never said the war was over. He called it a battle in the War on Terror, which I agree with. He said major combat operations were ended. I'm really pleased that the Iraqi oil is liberated, the main reason to take down saddam, as that will only hurt our enemies. As Iraqis splinter into power groups they can ally with us or against us. Attacks against those trying to establish an Iraqi republic will only cause resentment with the population. The US will arm those who ally with us. That's a big problem for the Sunni minority. Turkish peasants will someday be needed to work in Iraq. That should really help Turkey with much needed cash. That is if they decide to send some of their checks back to their families stuck in Turkish slums.

Posted by Lucky 2003-10-29 12:04:33 PM|| 2003-10-29 12:04:33 PM|| Front Page Top

#8 Looks like somebody at the Sydney Morning Herald is having quite the wet dream. Looks like Murat's stroking away too, as always.
If Bush "cuts and runs" in Iraq, he's dead politically. You'd know that Murat if you had a clue about politics in this country. Stick to what you know, which ain't much.

Posted by tu3031 2003-10-29 12:05:22 PM|| 2003-10-29 12:05:22 PM|| Front Page Top

#9 MuRAT's an honorless moral coward who cuts and runs when things don't go his way. Just call him "Wild Dumrul" and he'll get the message.

Posted by Ernest Brown 2003-10-29 12:32:40 PM|| [saturninretrograde.blogspot.com] 2003-10-29 12:32:40 PM|| Front Page Top

#10 Ah, yes... Murat. Slithered out from under your rock, did you? Careful - hang around here too long and you might accidently get a CLUE!

Posted by Barbara Skolaut 2003-10-29 4:59:20 PM|| 2003-10-29 4:59:20 PM|| Front Page Top

#11 Bush may have to cut and run

Actually, it's Muslims around the world who are cutting and running. Hundreds of millions of Muslims are missing in action in a war that they believe the US is waging against Islam. Where are the suicide attacks on America that are supposed to bring us to our knees? We know that Muslims hate America - the question is what are they doing about it? In 180 days of combat in Iraq, we have lost just shy of 250 combat fatalities, not even 10% of the people we lost in a single day on September 11. Muslims aren't just failing at jihad - they are failing miserably.

Posted by Zhang Fei 2003-10-29 5:32:50 PM|| 2003-10-29 5:32:50 PM|| Front Page Top

#12 I like Murat. No really, I do.

Murat is the kid that likes to thwack a hornets nest with a stick. OK, so I don't like that so much.

When Murat gets all contra-versial, he gets the Rantburgers' juices flowing, and that part I do like.

The Murats of the world help stave off complacency because they evolke not only emotion, but informed and factual rebuttal, which enriches the debate and strengthens one's knowledge base.

The reality is obvious: Iraq is one battlefield in the war on terrorists. Rantburgers confirm that many have the resolve it takes to see this war through; resolve that is, sadly, fleeting in some.

The posts of Murat may be hard to stomach, but they do serve to stoke the fires of resolve and hone the blade of conviction.

For what it's worth, I like that a lot.

Posted by Hyper 2003-10-29 8:47:30 PM|| 2003-10-29 8:47:30 PM|| Front Page Top

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