Comments on: Iraqi Official Tied To Militia Jailed

Also, Military Says 13 Insurgents Killed In Air Strike, Locals Say 45 Civilians Dead

[observantx]

So for every "insurgent" we kill, we kill or maim over three ordinary people. Boy, what a great way to win the hearts and minds. That is exactly why the insurgents mix themselves in with the general populace.

Going after the insurgents with helicopters, bombs and bullets is counterproductive. Success requires intelligence, patience, fluency in the language, moles on the inside providing the insurgent structure, command chain, plans, supply depots, movements, etc. In other words, spy craft and dogged police work; not blasting away at the general populace. You don%u2019t blow them to pieces in the streets, you wait and plan and then round them all up at once in the middle of the night. You get them all and no innocents are involved.

[johnshaft4]

Yup, killing/maiming additional innocent Iraqi men, women and children is the way to win their hearts and minds. Go, 'Liberators, go!...They'll toss more flowers your way!

[ammianus]

The Sorrows of Young Dumus, Art. IX
Impatient with the toilsome rituals of a counterfeit democracy, the Oligarchs of the Hegemon resolved to institute direct rule. In this revolution, the ascendancy of the House of Dumus in wealth and prestige secured to it the leadership. The artful policy of the elder Dumus aimed at the use of a predatory war as the specious pretext for the abolition of civil rights and popular sovereignty.
But the first step along the road to undisguised tyranny required the Oligarchs to secure the office of Chief Magistrate to one of their number. The urging of the eldar Stultus fixed their choice upon the younger. Whenever in a long sequence of varied endeavors, Stultus Dumus the Younger relied upon his native talents, he failed. But in each instance, his want of ability was supplied and his fortunes mended by the powerful intercession of the elder Dumus or the ingratiating favors of suppliants. Notwithstanding these embarrassments, his popular address and imagined virtues were ideally fitted to disguise the designs of the Oligarchs and to tranquilize the populace, so that by imperceptible degrees, their remaining liberties could be annulled.
Allegedly through fraud, deceit, and the connivance of a suborned judiciary, Stultus Dumus the Younger was elevated (A. J. 6714, 19 Hyperberetaios) to the Chief Magistracy of the Republic. Not since the day of Didius Iulianus was the rule of a mighty state so wretchedly auctioned to the highest bidder.

[bigwhtpony]

Unleash the Dogs of War!!!!! See how many Iranians you can kill in the process. kill them all and let Allah sort them out!

If it's such an honor to martyr yourself for the cause of jihad, perhaps we can help you along with the process.

[clestes-2009]

See my previous post! The rosy reports are starting, unfortunately along with the increased dead.

As I said, this is a disaster....

[rafterman1]

Hey lars008,

We know that terrorists are bad guys. You don't have to keep posting those links. But our staying in Iraq is playing right into the terorists' hands, not defeating them.

[clestes-2009]

This is a disaster. Get ready folks, the blood is going to flow. We haven't seen anything yet.

Be prepared for all sorts of really rosy reports of progress, to counter act the reports of increasing dead.

Remember last summer when Together Forward was such a success! All you heard were great reports of progress, then all of a sudden, quiet. It is hard to keep up the rosy reports when the situation falls apart.

The more rosy the reports, the worse it really is!

[dallison7]

27 killed. Slow day.