The "war" is going just peachy, insurgents in their "last throes"
The National Guard and Reserve suffered more combat deaths in Iraq during the first 10 days of August - at least 32, according to a Pentagon count - than in any full month of the entire war.Is what we're accomplishing in Iraq worth tearing these people from their jobs, community, and family, spending millions to train and equip them, then sending them half way around the world for them to get murdered by those opposed to US interests colonizing their country?
More broadly, Pentagon casualty reports show that the number of deaths among Guard and Reserve forces has been trending upward much of this year, totaling more than 100 since May 1. That ranks as the deadliest stretch of the war for the Guard and Reserve, whose members perform both combat and support missions.
posted by The Inside Dope @ 8/12/2005
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It appears that President Bush pays more attention to the opinions of others than we have been led to believe. Pentagon and Congressional leaders, presumably reacting to the drop in public approval of the handling of the war, have been talking lately about how much and how soon we can reduce the number of our troops in Iraq. This has led to some criticism in the conservative press where concerns were expressed that the Administration was "giving up on Iraq". President Bush, reacting to the conservative pressure, not to public opinion as a whole, announced that he was "staying the course" and would not be reducing the number of troops until the Iraqi forces could stand on their own -- a time which all seem to agree is very far off.
The President does listen. Just not to YOU.
Excellent observations Diehard.
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