Comments on: U.S. Fails To Curb Baghdad Violence

Attacks Up 22% During Ramadan Despite U.S.-Iraqi Efforts

[patriotic9]

Our govt and news media are hiding truth about Iraq.The situation is much worse then we are told.The casualty figure of our soldiers dying in Iraq is much higher then we are told.I don't understand what is the use of this STATE OF DENIAL.If we don't acknowledge the problem,how can we solve it.Our country is a democratic country and democracy means GOVERNMENT OF THE PEOPLE.It is the right of all the Americans to know exactly what is going on in Iraq war financed by our tax money.When Jill Carol was under Insurgent's captivity,she was told by her captors that only one insurgent group, Alqaeda in Iraq has been able to kill more then 40,000 US Troops and as an evidence she was shown the Army vehicles blown up by IEDs and Suicide Car Bombs.Our Military is trained to fight wars on the front line.It will take us long time to understand how to fight this unconventional war where attack is carried out by 360 degrees and our military personal can't figure out which civilian sitting in his car with his women and children is a SUICIDE CAR BOMBER waiting for our troops,a woman carrying her two months old child whether she is a suicide bomber or not,wants to blow herself up with her little child in her hatred against west.We can only win this war if we become BARBARIC like them.

[osidebear]

BMALLEN3, The North Korean nuclear test took place on Bush's, not Clinton's, watch. The fact is that it was Bush who failed on this issue, as he has in Iraq. The proof is in the (radioactive) pudding.

[clestes-2009]

Sorry BMALLEN3 but everything I said is fact, except about Bush Sr. being behind the Baker plan. That is only a guess. Everything else is real.

You can turn a blind eye to the facts if you want, but that you are fooling yourself if you do. What really puzzles me is how people like you can ignore reality.

Try reading that link I posted. You won't of course, because you can't face the truth.

[osidebear]

Gosh, BMALLEN3, after six years of George W. as president, can't you assign him at least a little blame for the North Korean situation?

The truth of the matter is that even Colin Powell praised the Clinton Administration for leaving a promising situation with regard to North Korea. It was Bush and his hatred of anything connected to Clinton that led the current administration to pursue a new, clearly unsucessful, policy.

Stop listening to right-wing radio and get in touch with some facts. The "blame Clinton first" reaction has long worn out.

[osidebear]

I guess laurieleemoo has to get back to the mothership now....

[pakaal]

How is it that I can read a story about attacks up more than 20% and military leaders saying this is 'disheartening', and in the comments I can read Republicans complaining about Democrats? Whose idea was it to leave Afghanistan half done, make up some story about WMDs and cake uranium, run off to Iraq, start a civil war and immerse ourselves in that war? Who in their right mind would even consider "stay the course" when the course is leading us right onto the rocks and disaster?

Time for a course change. Turn left!

[clestes-2009]

It's not gw that has a plan, but James Baker III. He was Bush Sr.'s Sec of State and a *** good one at that. He is smart (way smarter than gw, Cheney, Rummy or anyone else in that group), he is an experienced negiotiator, has the respect of both Dems and Reps, not to mention other world leaders, and is probably one of the very few people who could pull something together that would satisfy both parties and Dubya would listen to.

My guess is that Bush Sr. is at the bottom of this move, but who cares.

I just want to see a change of course whereby my soon to be 18 year old son is not looking at being deployed to Iraq.

[rharrin1]

osidebear it was a lie that took the us to iraq before the us went to iraq bush was told by his own people iraq had no WMD and no ties with bin laden his repy was FIND IT a couple weeks later he was told they had it (proof) when he said find it he was telling his subordinate to tell me what I want to hear (that find it was on the national news)so it was a lie and laurieleemoo I see a lot of your gop now want to run away and the dems voted for going to iraq because they were lied to by your bubba

[gdmoore2]

What to do next?
Do not cut and run. The Republicans cut and ran from Afghanistan and now look at the mess.
Pursue the bad guys. Remember them? The ones in NW Pakistan?
Talk. The Iraqi militias could be on our side. They do not want Al Qaeda either.
Patience. One man's insurgent is another man's patriot. Talk to the militias.
Talk. Iran's middle class want us back. Talk and encourage them.
Talk. Keep that long term talk with Syria open.
Talk. Have a bilateral talk with NKorea in the room next to the 6-party talks.
Learn. Watch Bill Gates and Warren Buffet. They ought to be leading U.S. foreign policy.
Vote American. Snapping to the far left is just as bad as staying on the far right. Vote for the center. Vote American.

[marcelde]

What BURNS me up: ===
Burns, at a debate Tuesday night with Democratic challenger Jon Tester, said he believes Bush has a plan to win %u2014 but added: "we're not going to tell you what our plan is." ===
THAT%u2019S WHAT NIXON SAID ABOUT VIETNAM WHERE WE LOST OVER 58,000 AMERICAN SOLDIERS, AND GAINED NOTHING! ===WE%u2019RE SO RELIEVED THAT BUSH HAS A PLAN. MAY IT BE AS SUCCESSFUL AS THE ONE HE CURRENTLY USES. === BUT WHY DO YOU SUPPOSE HE HADN%u2019T IMPLEMENTED THE NEW PLAN IN 2001? === OH, OFF COURSE, %u2026 IT WOULDN%u2019T BE NEW, THEN. ===NOW NOT NEW NEITHER! === THE NEW PLAN IS %u201CSTAY THE CURSE!%u201D ===
WE SHOULD NOT PROP A GANDER. BUSH NEEDS TO USE PROPER CANDOR!

[marcelde]

Unpatriotic U.S. General Urges New Strategy for Baghdad ===October 19, 2006 ===
BAGHDAD, Oct. 19 %u2014 The American-led crackdown in Baghdad has not succeeded in reducing a %u201Cdisheartening%u201D level of violence across the capital and a new approach is needed, a military spokesman said today. ===
Reuters ===
Maj. Gen. William B. Caldwell IV, the senior spokesman for the American military in Iraq, speaking today in Baghdad. ===
WHAT DOES HE KNOW? ==HAS HE EVER SERVED IN COMBAT? ===WE NEED TO LISTEN TO GEORGE BUSH, *** CHENEY, AND DONALD RUMSFELD. THEY KNOW ALL ABOUT BATTLE, %u2026POLITICAL BATTLE! === IT SHOULD NOT MATTER THAT NEITER THEY NOR THEIR OFFSPRING HAVE BEEN IN BATTLE. THE IMPORTANT THING IS THAT GEORGE SAID, MANY YEARS AGO, %u201CMISSION ACCOMPLISHED!%u201D BOY ARE WE RELIEVED THAT THE WAR IS OVER. ===
===WE SAY, %u201CSTAY THE CURSE!%u201D ===

[stevex47]

Don't go yet Laurie,
"Democrats are the ones who don't read or listen to this news----or vote" Um, it's the repubs who rig dem's votes, you do remember florida don't you. Gee, who's there governor? Clestes, the list goes on: as commander in chief, look at our raping murdering army's getting court martialed. And why did colin Powell leave? Let's talk about security, like our ports Boosh wanted to sell to who? middle eastern countries. Now the king has declared space his? Repubs should think before they vote in psycho alcoholic pedophiles. Lets chat also about leaking CIA identities. How about vice president's shooting people, oh gee, he didn't have a license. You republicant's wouldn't like to chat about corrpution would you? Lets do, rove, Abrahamoff, Cheney, Noe, Ney. And now the king wants to "rethink Iraq" NO I don't think so. It's stay the course, remember? It's fun watching boosh "flip-flop" in slow motion. You republican'ts are familiar with that term right? too bad it's costing your childrens their lives. but it's for a good cause right? And please remind me of that cause, oh yeah, WMD's in Iraq. What did we do with those once we found them? Please do tell me,

[agnim]

Of course, over seeing the mass murder of over a half a million people (including many children, women, old people, etc) is going to be disheartening if one has even a tiny heart.

It is better to 'cut and run' than to 'stay the course' to leads only to hell with a stubborn devil!

Bring our sheepeople HOME!

[clestes-2009]

Actually I read an excellent article on the Bush Doctrine yesterday. I recommend reading it. It is neither critical nor supportive, but very informative. I always figured oil was at the root of the Iraq invasion, but this has made me rethink. Here is the link.

http://amconmag.com/2006/2006_10_23/article2.html

[shingles1]

clestes; but you see if we had NOT invaded Saddam would have been free to pursue his quest for a moon beam laser weapons program, which would have killed us all. So, by invading we prevented him from getting this moon beam laser weapons program, and thereby saved the world.

What are a few hundred thousand dead compared with a totally abstract and implausible fantasy.

[clestes-2009]

If gw had done a decent job as president, I wouldn't be critisizing him. I didn't critisize Reagan.

Tell me one positive thing he has done. Here is partial list of his wrongs.

1. Run up the nation debt to trillions, which my kids will be paying for.

2. Caused the death of hundreds of thousands of innocent civilians by starting a war that was founded on lies (WMD??)

3. Destroyed the US military, once the greatest in the world.

4. Worsened tensions with countries that were never our friends to start with.

5. Made the USA more isolated from our allies, which is not a good thing.

6. Forced more kids and elderly into poverty than any other president.

7. Made a mockery of our intelligence agencies.

All of the above are FACTS, not opinions.

Want me to continue?? I could...

[laurieleemoo]

okay---well, i have to go now----but don't you know i will be back to give you democrats even more hell, later. BRING IT ON!

[laurieleemoo]

yes jh6379---this cycle is getting old.... HAVE YOU HAD ENOUGH YET-----or are you going to keep up your hate campaign against our president. If its getting old---maybe you should quit---go home---give up. Is that not what you people are the BEST at?

[laurieleemoo]

hey clestes---no what LSD stands for? Little Simple-minded Democrats! I think you have had enough of that flavor of Kool-Aid to last you a lifetime--don't you? ha! ha! ha! ha! ha!

[laurieleemoo]

hey cathaleen---that was a good one---i like that----oh soooo true!