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2005-05-25 Iraq-Jordan

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Posted by Dan Darling 2005-05-25 09:34|| || Front Page|| [2 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 Excellent. Take the money and give it to the soldier as a reward for not taking a bribe.

Other prisoners recognized him...isn't that the legend of how Santa Anna was picked out of the crowd after the Battle of San Jacinto?

Posted by gromky 2005-05-25 09:52|| 2005-05-25 09:52|| Front Page Top

#2 gromkys point is good.

That Iraqi soldiers turned down bribes is a good sign.

Posted by Liberalhawk 2005-05-25 09:54|| 2005-05-25 09:54|| Front Page Top

#3 been lots going on lately. Almost like the wrap up of a big sting. I bet the car bombing will drop dramatically in Iraq. Poor news media, what will they cover?

Posted by 2b 2005-05-25 10:04|| 2005-05-25 10:04|| Front Page Top

#4 The car bombings are a desperate effort to throw Iraq into chaos and destroy or discredit the new govt. I am sure that the terrorists are using up resources and resorting to second and lower strings. The Syrian connection needs to be cut off now. They need some kind of clando wack that will send a message home.

The one question I have is about the Saudi border. Is it sealed off? Are the Saudi fodder staging at Syria? And how much is coming through Iran now?

Posted by Alaska Paul">Alaska Paul 2005-05-25 10:33|| 2005-05-25 10:33|| Front Page Top

#5 gromky. I agree, except double it. Than make sure evey Iraq soldier and policeman know.

Posted by plainslow 2005-05-25 10:55|| 2005-05-25 10:55|| Front Page Top

#6 At some level, actions against the insurgents, deaths and captures of insurgents, etc, are only inputs. The real outputs, are reduced attacks on Americans, reduced attacks on Iraqis, and successful reconstruction of Iraq (including electricity, oil, etc)

Nonetheless, given the long term nature of this conflict, and its complexity, I think it is justified to look at the "inputs" and count them on the positive side, even in times (like the last month) when the output side has looked poor.

It should be noted, again, that the 2 months after the election represented a dramatic drop in insurgent attacks, after several months of very high attacks. Its not clear if the recent surge means those two months were a fluke, or if the recent surge is a fluke, or somewhere in between. Given that uncertainty, there is all the more justification for looking at inputs.

Posted by Liberalhawk 2005-05-25 11:44|| 2005-05-25 11:44|| Front Page Top

#7 Mullah Kamel Ass! That's great...

Posted by M. Murcek">M. Murcek 2005-05-25 11:58|| 2005-05-25 11:58|| Front Page Top

#8 Give the guard $500,000 out of Z mans $25 million, reset his at $24.5 million IF he can be brought in alive in the next 3 weeks, and say Z mans will be dropping then as we will pay less for "expired" meat.
Force Z man to prove he is alive instead of scratching our butts wondering if he is dead.
Same goes for Obama...er, I mean Osama.

Posted by Capsu78 2005-05-25 12:05|| 2005-05-25 12:05|| Front Page Top

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