How's Them Wars Goin'?

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Registered: 10-20-2008
How's Them Wars Goin'?
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Mon, 10-20-2008 - 6:28pm
A fair bit of interesting news out of both Afghanistan AND Iraq over the weekend and today. Let's start with everybody's favorite armed conflict, Iraq!

BAGHDAD, Iraq (CNN) -- Thousands of people marched in central Baghdad on Saturday to protest a proposed U.S.-Iraqi security agreement that would extend the presence of U.S. troops in the country after the end of the year.

The political party of Iraqi cleric Muqtada al-Sadr called for the rally. At one point, several speakers at a podium addressed the mass of people, urging the Iraqi government to reject the proposal.

Protesters clogged several streets in the capital, waving Iraqi flags and kicking up dust. The demonstration, the largest in Baghdad in several months, was largely peaceful.


Hmmm....."thousands" doesn't really accurately describe EXACTLY how many hearts and minds we're winning over there. Oh, well.....surely, things must be better in Afghanistan, right? Erm.....maybe not so much:

TALIBAN militants have seized a civilian bus in volatile southern Afghanistan and executed up to 31 passengers, beheading some of them.

The attack took place in Kandahar province, which was the home base of the militant Islamic movement before it was toppled by a US-led invasion in late 2001.

The incident illustrated the extreme danger of travel in the Afghan countryside, even along main roads such as the one where the bus was commandeered, officials said on Sunday. Many of those aboard the bus were women and children.


I dunno....not sure this is where we wanna be, when considering offering St. Senator Maverick "Bomb-Bomb" McBush the Oval Office. Or, said in reverse, I don't think we wanna be offering the Oval Office to McSame, when THIS is where we are right now, whether we want to be or not.

iVillage Member
Registered: 09-18-2008
Mon, 10-20-2008 - 7:59pm
Sure, whatever you say. He doesn't HAVE to say anything about Iraq. I didn't ask him, so why would he make something up?
iVillage Member
Registered: 10-14-2008
Mon, 10-20-2008 - 8:07pm
I've seen reports...mostly on FOX (big surprise)...that try to show how things are really going in Iraq. It's a shame that the left sees value in denigrating our country and our soldiers for personal gain. Your BIL is doing a great job. Thanks.
iVillage Member
Registered: 07-03-2008
Mon, 10-20-2008 - 8:11pm
Oh pulease, I'm not denigrating our country or our troops!
iVillage Member
Registered: 07-03-2008
Mon, 10-20-2008 - 8:19pm
One thing they haven't been reporting lately is the number of casulities, at least not the real number! there have been 9 this month, but only 2 was reported.
iVillage Member
Registered: 09-18-2008
Mon, 10-20-2008 - 8:55pm
Does it bother you that 123 people were killed in the streets of Chicago this past summer? Are you just as outraged?
The murders are concentrated in certain districts of Chicago, notably those on the South Side, which Barack Obama represented in the State Senate. Does that concern you?
iVillage Member
Registered: 07-03-2008
Mon, 10-20-2008 - 9:04pm
I really wish that every time someone says anything about our troops getting killed in Iraq that someone has to bring up the deaths of people in our towns. Of course any death is tragic, but it's like comparing apples to oranges.
iVillage Member
Registered: 10-18-2008
Mon, 10-20-2008 - 9:11pm

Does it bother you that 123 people were killed in the streets of Chicago this past summer?


Yes.


Are you just as outraged?


No, I'm not. Because I and other Americans aren't being asked to enable
iVillage Member
Registered: 09-26-2008
Mon, 10-20-2008 - 9:24pm
what up doc??????
iVillage Member
Registered: 06-16-2008
Mon, 10-20-2008 - 9:47pm

And don't forget they have to bring in Chicago as that is where Obama is from.

iVillage Member
Registered: 10-20-2008
Mon, 10-20-2008 - 11:20pm
Hey...birds of a feather. LOL!