Comments on: Main U.S. Base Near Baghdad Attacked

Rocket Or Mortar Kills 2 Coalition Soldiers And Wounds 38 Others

[gkc99]

"McCain says the reason Blackwater was in Iraq is because the U.S. never had enough troops on the ground. "


That may be one reason, but it''s far from the only reason. Other reasons: 1) it allows the Bushit admin to underplay the number of US combatants actually in Iraq--it''s not 160,000, it''s more like 200,000; 2) it give Bushit/Cheney and the neocons a private army with no accountability with which they can terrorize the locals in a way real U.S. soldiers would never do; 3) it provides fat kickbacks to Bushit/Cheney and the RNC courtesy of the U.S. taxpayer, and 4) it is a nice training ground for the Gestapo that Bushit/Cheney and the neofascists can bring home to oppress the American people if they ever develop a spine.

[radiob-2009]

Camp Victory and other U.S. bases in Iraq have frequently come under fire, but attacks with such a large number of casualties are rare.


Just when is two (although it is a tragic loss) a large number of casualties?

[navyretired2]

"Average Americans = nothing other than the massive debt incurred by Bush & cronies'''' looting the US Treasury.

Posted by tuckerndfw at 07:38 AM : Oct 11, 2007"

That and having to repair the reputation of America after this botchery, which will be hard, even if it''s only a relatively small amount of Americans who agree with this administration. I''d be willing to bet most people in these other countries that dislike "us" in general don''t know the reality of what most of us think about what Bush has done, they only know what has been done in the name of "America."

Are we partly to blame? I think so. We''ve let our government get totally out of control. Oversight is a punchline.

[mcvet]

Look for more attacks now that Georges Klan Buddies have been exposed to the citizens of that Country. They already thought it was okay to kill the "liberators" and I''d say that opinion has increased substantially with the Klan being in charge of "Private" Security.

[marcpcbs]

It looks to me like horizontal stripes, or nothing at all.

[smirk5]

Does this mean Al-Qaeda is still on the run in Iraq?

[prinzowhales]

More evidence that the surge is working?
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Sgt. Cassidy--the Indiana NG member who died from an IED attack 15 months ago--is one of thousands who was is not counted as KIA in the Stupid Peoples'' War.

If anyone is dumb enough to join the United States armed forces under the current Demopublican Regime, expect the kind of sorry treatment accorded him...

[smirk5]

More greetings of liberation have rained down on our men. Just some exploding candy and flowers. Actually, these are just last throes. Actually, it''s a cakewalk from here. We''re turning a corner. We''ve broken the back of the insurgency. The dead-enders are just having a party. Stay the course. We''re working hard. We''re making progress. We''re kicking a**. The surge is working. We''re winning.

[smirk5]

Well, at least zero political progress took place in Baghdad today. That makes it all worth it. We''re winning.

[patriotic9]

Top Marine Corps brass is lobbying the Pentagon to allow its forces to vacate Iraq for the purpose of leading the fight in Afghanistan, according to a New York Times report.

Marine Corps Commandant James T. Conway proposed the idea during a session with Defense Secretary Robert Gates and Adm. Mike Mullen, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, and several regional military commanders, said the article.

Click here to read The New York Times story on Marine Corps redeployment.

The arrangement would leave ground combat in Iraq primarily to the U.S. Army. Currently, there are 25,000 Marines serving among 162,000 American troops in Iraq and no major units serving in Afghanistan, according to the Times article.
Fox news.

Marines are scared to fight this unwinnable war against an UNSEEN ENEMY who doesn''t wear MILITARY UNIFORM, DOESN''T FOLLOW GENEVA CONVENTION and is determined enough to sacrifise his life for the cause.

[rharrin1]

sounds like the surge has stopped the violence stay the course.