Comments on: U.S. Diplomats Warned Of Forced Iraq Duty

Amid Staffing Crisis, State Department Says They May Have To Serve In War Zone Next Year

[leftyintexas]

Go wait quietly for the Rapture. The Adults will take it from here sister.

Posted by FloydZepp at 08:54 AM : Apr 16, 2008

Hopefully the Rapture will take the other riff-raff along with her as well.

[leftyintexas]

Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice said Tuesday that she had been personally offended by the critical comments of some diplomats who questioned the ethics of sending people against their will to a war zone.

If it personally ''offends'' her, then it must be GOOD!

[bobnjersey]

[This episode was a blow to the American effort to push the Iraqis into the lead in the struggle to wrest control of parts of Sadr City from the Mahdi Army militia and what Americans and Iraqis say are Iranian-backed groups.]
[Posted by taotxzen at 08:34 AM : Apr 16, 2008]

not a problem ... we''re turning the corner ... everything will settle out after the elections ... the surge is working. (this message has been brought to you by the republican automatron network)

[usmcvn2]

"Iraqi Unit Flees Post, Despite American%u2019s Plea"

Posted by taotxzen at 08:34 AM : Apr 16, 2008



Just like the ARVNs in South Vietnam.

[bobnjersey]

[based on what data?]
[Posted by jamesm12341 at 07:52 AM : Apr 16, 2008]

ahh little grasshoppa ... one must open ones eyes in order to see the truth.

[taotxzen]

Iraq Suffers Deadliest Attack In Months: Nearly 60 Killed In Car Bombings

BAGHDAD %u2014 Bombings blamed on al-Qaida in Iraq tore through market areas in Baghdad and outside the capital on Tuesday, killing nearly 60 people and shattering weeks of relative calm in Sunni-dominated areas.

The bloodshed _ in four cities as far north as Mosul and as far west as Ramadi _ struck directly at U.S. claims that the Sunni insurgency is waning and being replaced by Shiite militia violence as a major threat.

The deadliest blasts took place in Baqouba and Ramadi, two cities where the U.S. military has claimed varying degrees of success in getting Sunnis to turn against al-Qaida.

[taotxzen]

Iraqi Unit Flees Post, Despite American%u2019s Plea
By MICHAEL R. GORDON
BAGHDAD %u2014 A company of Iraqi soldiers abandoned their positions on Tuesday night in Sadr City, defying American soldiers who implored them to hold the line against Shiite militias.

The retreat left a crucial stretch of road on the front lines undefended for hours and led to a tense series of exchanges between American soldiers and about 50 Iraqi troops who were fleeing.

Capt. Logan Veath, a company commander in the 25th Infantry Division, pleaded with the Iraqi major who was leading his troops away from the Sadr City fight, urging him to return to the front.

%u201CIf you turn around and go back up the street those soldiers will follow you,%u201D Captain Veath said. %u201CIf you tuck tail and cowardly run away they will follow up that way, too.%u201D

Captain Veath%u2019s pleas failed, and senior American and Iraqi commanders mounted an urgent effort to regain the lost ground. An elite Iraqi unit was rushed in and with the support of the Americans began to fight its way north.

This episode was a blow to the American effort to push the Iraqis into the lead in the struggle to wrest control of parts of Sadr City from the Mahdi Army militia and what Americans and Iraqis say are Iranian-backed groups.

[leftyintexas]

80% of America thought we could impose Christian values on Muslims, but that''''s our idealism. I backed Bush completely, still do, but now after many dollars the Iraq people should wake up Friday morning and find no Americans... and just let the peaceful muslims kill each other until they find another Saddam.

Posted by Banders6 at 08:15 AM : Apr 16, 2008

You don''t back Doofus COMPLETELY if you oppose his Iraq policies. But, as you said, Iraqis need to wake up one day and find all Americans gone. After all, IRAQ is THEIR COUNTRY not ours.

[mcvet]

What ever happened to the "Volunteer Diplomat" corps. Well, looks like their gonna have to have a "draft" or hire the poor and disenfranchised youth, just like they''''ve done to fight this war!


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Posted by excoachken at 07:13 AM : Apr 16, 2008
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It like so many other great and noble things in this nations history have been flushed down the crapper by the WORST in our HISTORY. Sieg Heil Bush

[mcvet]

based on what data? your immaturity?


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Posted by jamesm12341 at 07:52 AM : Apr 16, 2008
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Ummm? No! Now you see, as I''ve told you so many times, if you took off that swastika your brain would expand and you could see and understand things. Things like taking a Balanced Budget and a Surplus and turning it into Record Deficits and a 9.3 TRILLION DOLLAR Debt. You''d be able to read and understand the 935 LIES told to us by the fuhrer so he could invade a country that was NO THREAT to this nation in ANY WAY. You would see the INCOMPETENCE of people who have been put in charge of departments of our government. You''d be able to see the mess cause when he turned the Justice Department into an arm of the Republican Party. I mean I could go on here for another 30 minutes but FIRST you must be willing to put your country ahead of your "party". Give up FASCISM Sparky...it''s not worth it and it does NOT work. Come on now let Darth here ya all the way up at the White House this morning!! Ready?? Sieg Heil Bush!! Did you put your hood and sheet on for that???