Thousands More Dead In Continuing Iraq Victory

Started by TehBorken, Dec 22 06 07:52

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TehBorken

   [h2 style="font-weight: normal;"]News From the Onion. Lol, errrr, maybe not.
[/h2][hr style="width: 100%; height: 2px;"][h2]Thousands More Dead In Continuing Iraq Victory[/h2] [h3]America marks three and a half years of winning in Iraq, and nearly 3,000 victory deaths[/h3] December 18, 2006
Statistics released by the Department Of Defense estimated that 2,937 U.S. troops and over 100,000 Iraqi civilians have died in the ongoing American military victory in Iraq.  

"Victory deaths are at a higher level than we had anticipated, yes," Gen. George Casey, Jr. said at a press conference shortly after the figures were released. "But one of the crucial lessons of our Vietnam experience is that a victory, in order to remain victorious, can't be abandoned halfway through, or in the case of Iraq, one-eighth of the way through."

"And significantly more troops may be required if we are to continue to enjoy that victory, especially if this turns into an all-out civil war," Casey added, stressing that it was still too early to deem the victory a "quagmire."

Debate continues over whether U.S. troops should be withdrawn from the Iraqi theater of victory. While some in Congress argue that a withdrawal would force Iraqi leadership to enforce the victory on their own, many military experts say that Iraqi troops remain insufficiently trained and unprepared to handle the daily perils of victory.

President Bush has consistently warned that if we hand over victory to local forces right away, there's a risk that victory may worsen, as Iraqis won't be able to contend with the guerrilla attacks and improvised explosive devices that claim the lives of dozens of the victorious every day.
 
"We're paying dearly in the form of American lives," Bush said, "but, plainly speaking, that's just victory for you."

Casey's remarks came nearly two weeks after some 200 Iraqi Shi'ites died in a series of car bombs in Baghdad's Sadr City, the largest single victory-related death toll since the U.S. won the Iraq War in 2003.

In an address to the nation Dec. 10, President Bush predicted that, if efforts continue as they have in Iraq, "This could become America's longest victory ever," Bush said.    
 
The real trouble with reality is that there's no background music.

P.C.

Maybe we could send him a note.

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Sir Isaac Newton invented the swinging door....for the convenience of his cat.

Lise

"We're paying dearly in the form of American lives," Bush said, "but, plainly speaking, that's just victory for you."


  Oh gawd......... that's all I gotta say.
Always end the name of your child with a vowel, so that when you yell the name will carry.
Bill Cosby.

Russ

The suicides and such are happening over THERE, not so much on american soil in the heartland...

  As bad as it is, it seems to be working.
Mercy to the Guilty is Torture to the Victims

Gopher

There's such a thing as a pyrrhic victory, Iraq is far from being that either.  
A fool's paradise is better than none.

tenkani

Ah ah ah!!! I love it. I lolled my ass off      
For thou art with me; thy cream and thy sugar they comfort me
Thou preparest a carafe before me in the presence of Juan Valdez
Thou anointest my day with pep; my mug runneth over
Surely richness and taste shall follow me all the days of my life
And I will dwell in the house of coffee forever.