Thread: Iraq News

^Thought it was a bit harsh myself. I hope the time included a congratulatory lunch...

Originally Posted by bkkandrew

And this is what we are fighting to, er, protect:

Well, er, you failed to protect her, she's dead.

^Precisely my point until *someone* Strolled into the discussion...

Never heard GWB or Tony B Lair say the reason for invading Iraq was to prevent "honour killings" when the occupying forces started screwing the local girls?

Sounds like a pretty weird excuse for a war.

the US blew up a hospital in iraq yesterday.

23 Iraqis hurt in U.S. missile blast - Conflict in Iraq - MSNBC.com

i'm sure the iraqis despise this too.

Originally Posted by bkkandrew

"He was released two hours later because it was an 'honour killing'. And unfortunately that is something to be proud of for any Iraqi man," she told the paper.

Not under Saddam he wouldn't have been. Makes me long for the old glory days, when Iraq had the highest standard of living, education and life expectancy in the Arab world. Women wore western dress, and 47% of the doctors were women. Iraq was secular then- overt displays of religious extremism were punishable by death.

Still, just because most of the doctors have fled now, Iraq is a tribal fiefdom again, and religious extremism is back, I guess thats a small price to pay for 'freedom and democracy'. Better to be murdered as an oppressed woman no doubt in 'Free Iraq' than prosper as a doctor under that tyrant Saddam Hussein.

Originally Posted by Boon Mee

Heh... MSNBC

Until Faux came along, NBC was always considered the most right leaning media channel, CBS and ABC more Centrist.

No pleasing you guys. Why not get a few pals together and start Boonmedia, then you can accuse Faux of being left leaning too?

"Boonmedia" eh...?

Heh -

War protesters frustrated by apathy
Monday, May 05, 2008
By Jerome L. Sherman, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette

War protesters frustrated by apathy

Boonmeedia has a certain ring to it.

Originally Posted by sabang

Boonmeedia has a certain ring to it.

without question a certain smell.

More American success that we don't hear about in the lamestream media

Iraqi Security Forces have succeeded in temporarily pacifying Basra.

Even the most diehard Iraq hawks want to reduce the U.S. military footprint in Iraq and lean more heavily on Iraqi Security Forces to do the hard work of defeating insurgents and sectarian militias. Which is why recent developments in Basra have been so encouraging. At first, Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki's decision to confront Moqtada al-Sadr's Iranian-backed militas looked like a major strategic misstep. Now it appears to have transformed Iraqi politics, potentially paving the way for real reconciliation between Sunni and Shia.

Originally Posted by Boon Mee

Now it appears to have transformed Iraqi politics, potentially paving the way for real reconciliation between Sunni and Shia.

Let's hope so. If the peace can be sustained it does bode well for Iraq.

McCain predicts troops will be out of Iraq by 2013

WASHINGTON - Sen. John McCain looked into the future Thursday and predicted that American troops would return home in victory by the end of his first term as president in 2013.

"By January 2013, America has welcomed home most of the servicemen and women who have sacrificed terribly so that America might be secure in her freedom. The Iraq War has been won," McCain said in a speech in Columbus, Ohio.

"It's not a timetable; it's victory. It's victory, which I have always predicted. I didn't know when we were going to win World War II; I just knew we were going to win," McCain, the presumptive Republican nominee for president, told reporters. "I know from experience, you set a day for surrender—which is basically what you do when you say you are withdrawing—and you will pay a much a heavier price later on."

McCain predicts troops will be out of Iraq by 2013 -- -- chicagotribune.com

I say Friday's a much better target. Yes, this Friday.

They'll never get their shit together if they're coddled for another five years.

Looks like the US isn't going to get control of the oil, so may as well pull out now.

Rasmussen Reports suggest that Americans know we are more likely to succeed in Iraq if John McCain is President.

By 49% to 42%, respondents say it is "likely is it that the U.S. would win the War in Iraq if McCain is elected president."

On the other hand, only 20% think that if Obama is elected, we are likely to succeed. How about that campaign theme for ya! A vote for BO is a vote for faliure!

A polling institute makes a survey where a small majority (diff is 7%) is of the opinion that "it is likely".
Wtf has it to do with knowing? ("suggests that Americans know").

You're reading the poll result like satan is reading the bible. As usual.

Originally Posted by Boon Mee

A vote for BO is a vote for faliure!

Guess it depends on how one defines success. If you want to cite polls, how about the ones that indicate approx 72% want the US out of Iraq within a year. Think they will have achieved success by then. Think not!!

Iraq

Originally Posted by Boon Mee

A vote for BO is a vote for faliure!

Ipso facto, a vote for Bush was a vote for success.

Originally Posted by Boon Mee

Rasmussen Reports suggest that Americans know we are more likely to succeed in Iraq if John McCain is President.

By 49% to 42%, respondents say it is "likely is it that the U.S. would win the War in Iraq if McCain is elected president."

On the other hand, only 20% think that if Obama is elected, we are likely to succeed. How about that campaign theme for ya! A vote for BO is a vote for faliure!

And do you think the average American knows anything about Iraq, (or anywhere else for that matter) apart from what they see on the domestic news?

and by taking a look at the stats provided by boon mee less than half of americans (49 and 42%) think america can 'win' the war in iraq.

well done boon mee.

How come the Lamestream Media is ignoring the latest Good News from Iraq, eh?

"The Media totally ignored the Petraeus hearings this week on progress in Iraq.

Was this by accident?... Or, was the news just too much for the American public to handle?... Do you think they'd ignore the news if violence was at a 4 year high instead of a 4 year low?"

Oh...btw, the Surge is working...heh

Gateway Pundit: MEDIA IGNORES Petraeus Hearings & Good News From Iraq

More good news!

Iraqi Army dismantles Mahdi Army caches in Sadr City - The Long War Journal