U.S. Iraq war casualties reach new milestone

ice grillin you · August 03, 2006, 01:41:41 PM

Sure there are a few loonies out there (like Bin Laden) but most of them think they are fighting a war in God's honor. Much like Bush does (or claims to). That dismissive attitude, shared by most Westerners, is a huge part of the problem.

in a general sense this is very true

the specific problem in iraq right now is thinking that everyone in iraq is a terrorist from iran....a lot of the people over there are fighting america because we took over their country....much in the same way we would expect out citizens to act if mexico invaded texas

the admin would have you believe that the everyman in iraq is thrilled to death over us being there and that a small amount of insurgents/terrorists are ruining it for the other 99% of the country

General_Failure · August 03, 2006, 01:42:45 PM

Most Americans wouldn't do a damn thing if Mexico invaded Texas.

Drunkmasterflex · August 03, 2006, 01:44:41 PM

I think initially there were many that were thrilled to have us there, but now with the continued insurgency and all of the collateral damage they have grown sick of it. I can't blame them at all.

Rome · August 03, 2006, 01:53:16 PM

Quote from: General_Failure on August 03, 2006, 01:42:45 PM
Most Americans wouldn't do a damn thing if Mexico invaded Texas.

Why would we care? It's not like Texas is a part of America anyway.

Phanatic · August 03, 2006, 02:00:12 PM

Well the 'insurgency' isn't even about attacking Americans at this point. Sure there is that foreign element but the civil war aspect comes from Sheites attacking Suni's (ala dragging people out of their cars and killing anyone with a Suni ID card) and Suni's attacking the Sheites in kind. Heck they are attacking each others holiest sites to insite riots and such. Attacking Americans is just an added bonus for some and adds to the mayhem.
Wankers in charge thought this was going to be like rebuilding Japan or Germany not realizing that this territory has some 1000 year old hatred brewing that one brutal dictator could never eliminate. Patriotic do gooder America isn't going to solve it either.

Political idiots have put the troops into position where only politics can win the 'war' in Iraq. Not something the military has anything to do with and another example of how not to utilize the US military.

Diomedes · August 03, 2006, 02:02:42 PM

Quote from: General_Failure on August 03, 2006, 01:42:45 PM
Most Americans wouldn't do a damn thing if Mexico invaded Texas.

I would send the Mexican Army some money. Paypal, hombre.

Drunkmasterflex · August 03, 2006, 05:10:00 PM

Quote from: Diomedes on August 03, 2006, 02:02:42 PM
Quote from: General_Failure on August 03, 2006, 01:42:45 PM
Most Americans wouldn't do a damn thing if Mexico invaded Texas.

I would send the Mexican Army some money. Paypal, hombre.

I nominate this for "Post of the Year".

Geowhizzer · August 03, 2006, 07:51:03 PM

Quote from: General_Failure on August 03, 2006, 01:42:45 PM
Most Americans wouldn't do a damn thing if Mexico invaded Texas.

Haven't they already?

General_Failure · August 03, 2006, 09:37:57 PM

They've asked the invaders to work on their homes. Construction and gardening, mostly.

Diomedes · August 29, 2006, 10:43:45 AM

2,632

Diomedes · September 08, 2006, 09:43:20 AM

2,666
22 killed already this month.
67 last month.

the only way to truly support the troops is to end the invasion and bring the survivors home.

JTrotter Fan · September 08, 2006, 10:15:27 AM

Great job stat boy. Keep up the useless work!

Diomedes · September 08, 2006, 10:22:11 AM

It's useless to take note that U.S. troops are dying in Iraq? At about three per day right now? Okay.

Useless would be trying to convince someone like you that Iraqi civilians matter.

PhillyPhanInDC · September 08, 2006, 10:29:08 AM

Quote from: Second Coming on September 08, 2006, 10:15:27 AM
Great job stat boy. Keep up the useless work!

No shtein. It doesn't matter if you are a supporter of the war or not. farging people like you just turn a blind eye to it and tow the party line, "We can't pull out and/or lose this war, we have to stay until it's finished." While completely ignoring the cost.

mussa · September 08, 2006, 10:43:17 AM

so you guys would rather leave the place as is, after we already farged it up. leave all that valuable oil to the terrorists? leave it up to the iraq govern. *cough* to control everything over there? im not a supporter of the war, but supporting the withdrawl of our troops from there is almost as much of a crime to humanity than of the war itself. we have to clean up what we started, no other option. quit yer bitching cause its not going to happen.