Comments on: Poll: More Think The "Surge" Is Helping

35% Say Iraq War Strategy Is Making Things Better, 70% Doubt Iraqi Government

[taotxzen]

The stated purpose of the surge was to create enough security in and around Baghdad to give Iraqi
politicians breathing room to pursue reconciliation. But with the exception of some very minor recent concessions on de-Baathification, the Shiite-led government has stuck to positions that have prevented most Sunnis from participating in the government. Moreover, it is increasingly difficult to speak of an Iraqi government that has power or authority outside Baghdad%u2019s Green
Zone. Real power resides with the militias on the ground, which are competing for resources and influence throughout much of Iraq.

The surge has done nothing to change this%u2013in large part because the United States, despite its sizable military and substantial economic largesse, is powerless to coerce or cajole change in the centers of power. Any gains the surge has produced may be gone tomorrow, like a footprint washed away by the tide.

The surge has thus been a cruel hoax on the American people and on our servicemen and -women (more
than 600 of whom have been killed and 4,000 injured since the surge was announced). It is yet another Administration bid to stave off public pressure to withdraw and thus to avoid admitting failure. This irresponsibility%u2013this morally indefensible sacrifice of American and Iraqi lives in pursuit of unachievable goals%u2013must end.

[mudrose-2009]

Well the Dimnowits have a new contender in the Presidential race -- bin laden himself. Why he''s so up on their agenda with global warming, subprime woes, taxes, etc. In fact the only way bin laden now sees a win for al-Qaeda is if America converts to Islam, which will never happen. Yeah, I guess the surge is working. But for the Dimnos, that would be a disaster since Reid, Schumer, Pewlosi et al, know that if we lose, the figures for the Dimnowits rise to power will be over the top. The Dimnowits - never missing an opportunity to betray their country for power. Right up there with Noreiga and Chavez and Ahmie. Why even that rat face Kucinich appeared on Arab TV and derrided his own country. Why we let people like this back in astounds me.

[lars008-2009]

it is fascist nazi terrorislam stupid%u2026.

non muslims of the world unite... fight against the tyranny of the fascist nazi terrorslam imperialist empire of the darkside...

I was a fanatic...I know their thinking, says former radical Islamist
By blaming the Government for our actions, those who pushed this "Blair''s bombs" line did our propaganda work for us.
More important, they also helped to draw away any critical examination from the real engine of our violence: Islamic theology.
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/pages/live/articles/news/news.html?in_article_id=465570&in_page_id=1770

Bless the Beasts and Children
Fascist nazi terrorslam kills every man woman and child in the village again%u2026 typical mo for terrorslam%u2026
http://www.michaelyon-online.com/wp/bless-the-beasts-and-children.htm

Our Prophet commanded us to fight the kaafirs when we are able and to attack them in their homelands and to give them three choices before we enter their lands: either they become Muslim and be like us, sharing our rights and duties; or they pay the jizyah (poll tax) and feel themselves subdued; or they fight, in which case their wealth, women, children and homes become permissible as booty for the Muslims.
http://islamqa.com/index.php?ref=13759&ln=eng&txt=before%20islam%20arabia%20pagan

the truth about fascist nazi terrorislam...
http://www.terrorismawareness.org/what-really-happened/

[killtheliars]

more Americans are dying since the surge then before.

1/06 %u2013 65: 1/07 %u2013 83

2/06 %u2013 55: 2/07 %u2013 81

3/06 %u2013 31: 3/07 %u2013 81

4/06 %u2013 76: 4/07 %u2013 104

5/06 %u2013 69: 5/07 %u2013 126

6/06 %u2013 61: 6/07 %u2013 101

7/06 %u2013 43: 7/07 %u2013 79

8/06 %u2013 65: 8/07 %u2013 81

[samrensho]

That only means that Shrub and Shooter cut some more people in on skimming fat US contracts in Iraq.

[bobnjersey]

[The poll finds 35 percent say the surge has made things better, up from 29 percent last month and 19 percent in July. Only 12 percent say it has made things worse, but nearly half see no change in either direction, according to the poll. ]

does the ''poll'' say anything about how these people get any of their information ... and how in the world would they really know what the h3!! is going on?

where''s the poll that says that what people say in polls really means nothing at all?

[jkjunebug]

This journalist needs to go back to school. If the surge is "helping" according to the people polled, the majority of which say that the surge has no impact, that Iraq will never be a stable democracy, and that the Project for a New American Century Think Tank''s -- that is, this lying president''s administration''s -- invasion into Iraq was a mistake, then where does this journalist come off with such a shoddy headline.

[jkjunebug]

If 45% in the poll are saying that the surge has NO EFFECT and 12% are saying it is bad, then 67% of the population polled are claiming that the surge is mainly an exercise in futility, 12% are claiming it''s even worse than that. As far as the poll goes, LESS feel that the surge is of ANY USE. And MORE readers of the Washington Post feel disappointed and disgusted in the misleading headline since the poll question addressed IMPACT, not who was in favor or not in favor.

More are in favor of honest headlines, fair exposition, and journalists with integrity and intelligence.

[trillion1]

They **** on our backs and some still believe it''s raining.

[prinzowhales]

Here is a link to an article by a former STARS AND STRIPES reporter who points to the convergence of interests between ''al Qaeda'' and the Washington Regime.

http://uruknet.info/?p=m36103&s1=h1

The article notes that ''al Qaeda'' has a PR interest in exaggerating its importance and has tried to conflate itself with the Insurgency. This conflation of a mad-dog-style gang of civilian killers with the freedom fighters naturally would paint the entire insurgency in a bad light and would serve US interests.

But, al Qaeda has always served US interests. Its precursors were the foot soldiers of Brezinski''s war against the Soviet-friendly secular regime in Afghanistan and the ''soft and oil-rich underbelly of the old USSR''--probably, one of the primary causes for the reconfiguration of the USSR into the CIS.

''Al Qaeda'' has been used by the Washington Regime to justify its Stupid Peoples'' War in both Afghanistan and--far less convincingly--in Iraq. In the past it has been used by the UK to attempt the assassination of Qadafhi; as storm-troopers by the US-backed jihadists in Yugoslavia; and, in the attempts to undermine the CIS in Chechnya. Even in the first war against Iraq, bin Laden offered to aid the US against Saddam Hussein''s secularist regime. The Israelis have tried to capitalize on the ''brand name appeal'' of al Qaeda to establish al Qaeda cells in Palestine that have been uncovered by Palestinian Security forces.