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2008-07-31 Iraq

Iraq War Lost - WARNING: Opening link may damage sensitive BS measuring equipment

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Posted by GolfBravoUSMC 2008-07-31 05:42|| || Front Page|| [1 views ] Top

#1 This is not an arguable point.

You gave yourself away in the second paragraph!

Posted by Bobby 2008-07-31 06:28|| 2008-07-31 06:28|| Front Page Top

#2 "Iraq War Lost"

Have you tried Craig's List?

Posted by eLarson 2008-07-31 07:11|| 2008-07-31 07:11|| Front Page Top

#3 The author, presumably a sunni arab muslim do has a point regarding the ethnic cleasing of sunni (about half left the country IIRC), but that bothers him and it is a war crime only because, well, they are arab sunnis, and such things are NOT to happen to arab sunnis, arab sunnis are the top dogs, they rule supreme over lesser races and creeds.

The irony is very rich. I don't know how iraq will turn out, don't care much, apart for what it will mean in the larger picture, and I only regret US and western deaths and Christians being chazed out (but it's a larger phenomenon of ethnci cleasing, ongoing since quite some time and that this author doesn't seem to care about, strangely), but regardless of what happens eventually, having the Master Race kicked in the nuts is very satisfying. I know it's petty, but it's GOOD.

Posted by anonymous5089 2008-07-31 07:44|| 2008-07-31 07:44|| Front Page Top

#4 anonymous5089: The author is Mike Whitney from Washington state. Maybe he had his name changed from Muji Wadi aka Abu Moonbat.

Posted by GolfBravoUSMC 2008-07-31 08:24|| 2008-07-31 08:24|| Front Page Top

#5 Ok, that will teach me not to read from the link, I just hovered my mouse to get the source. So, he's a sunni tool, rather.

Posted by anonymous5089 2008-07-31 08:52|| 2008-07-31 08:52|| Front Page Top

#6 Either way it is fun to see his panties in a knot.

Maybe we should do the underwear on the head treatment for him for full effect.

Posted by DarthVader 2008-07-31 10:00|| 2008-07-31 10:00|| Front Page Top

#7 This moron is too close to home for me.

He lives at 16108 88th St SE, Snohomish WA, having recently sold he and wife Joan's 24-year farmhouse for $285k and moved down the road to rent a 1200sqft home with horse ranch. He operates a landscaping business called Whitney's Gardening.
He's written scores of BS articles

listed here.
His self-written bio is here

(the chicken-sh*t can't/won't publish his own website, apparently)

And here's a piece dedicated to exposing Mike Whitney

which I may post separately.

Posted by logi_cal 2008-07-31 10:38|| 2008-07-31 10:38|| Front Page Top

#8 Oh Great!

Now I have to call those camel thieving BS Meter Recalibration technicians from Rantburg to come fix my BS Meter.

I guess my Acme Surprise Meter is still working though, it didn't even budge at this one.

Why don't you guys ask for a donation instead of frying my instrumentation?

Posted by James Carville 2008-07-31 10:48|| 2008-07-31 10:48|| Front Page Top

#9 To mix metaphors, that's quite a blunderbuss.

Posted by Perfesser 2008-07-31 11:02|| 2008-07-31 11:02|| Front Page Top

#10 My links didn't post. While it's not up yet, look for my post titled 'Exposing Mike Whitney'.

Posted by logi_cal 2008-07-31 11:08|| 2008-07-31 11:08|| Front Page Top

#11 "Most of the million or so Iraqis who have been killed in the conflict"

Numbers of dead Iraqis grow faster than the number of Germans attending Obama's speach (from 20,000 to 200,000 in just 24 hours)

Real losses (per Strategypage) are less than 100,000, and that includes AQI.

I love it that this "expert on Iraq" is a gardener.

Posted by Frozen Al 2008-07-31 12:04|| 2008-07-31 12:04|| Front Page Top

#12 Lost? Again? Sonofabitch. We just won the damn thing the other day.

Posted by SteveS 2008-07-31 17:36|| 2008-07-31 17:36|| Front Page Top

#13 LOL, SteveS! Snark of the day!

Posted by Sheba Sheamble5056 2008-07-31 22:18|| 2008-07-31 22:18|| Front Page Top

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