One Choice in Iraq by Joe Lieberman (Disingenuous-CT)

One Choice in Iraq

By Joe Lieberman
Thursday, April 26, 2007; Page A29

Last week a series of coordinated suicide bombings killed more than 170 people. The victims were not soldiers or government officials but civilians -- innocent men, women and children indiscriminately murdered on their way home from work and school.

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The challenge before us, then, is whether we respond to al-Qaeda's barbarism by running away, as it hopes we do -- abandoning the future of Iraq, the Middle East and ultimately our own security to the very people responsible for last week's atrocities -- or whether we stand and fight.

To me, there is only one choice that protects America's security -- and that is to stand, and fight, and win.

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Deadliest days in Iraq

By The Associated Press
Wed Apr 18, 4:45 PM ET

Some of the deadliest days in Iraq since April 2003:

_April 18, 2007: Officials report 233 people killed or found dead across Iraq. At least 183 of those are killed when four large bombs explode in mainly Shiite locations of Baghdad.

_March 29, 2007: At least 179 people are killed, including 104 by multiple suicide bombers in the town of Khalis and in predominantly Shiite markets in Baghdad.

_March 27, 2007: At least 198 people are reported killed or found dead. Truck bombs hit markets in the northwestern city of Tal Afar, killing at least 152 people, while another 46 Iraqis are also killed or found dead.

_March 6, 2007: Officials report 194 deaths, including 120 by two suicide bombers in a crowd of Shiite pilgrims in Hillah, south of Baghdad.

_Feb. 3, 2007: Officials report 167 deaths, including 137 by a suicide truck bomber at a market in a predominantly Shiite area of Baghdad.

_Feb. 1, 2007: Officials say 138 people are killed nationwide, including 73 killed by two suicide bombers in a market in Hillah.

_Jan. 22, 2007: Officials report 138 deaths, including 88 by a parked car bomb followed immediately by a suicide car bomber in a predominantly Shiite area in Baghdad.

_Jan. 16, 2007: Violence throughout Iraq kills 142 people, including 70 in bombings at a university in Baghdad.

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John Kerry: I said that what’s going to happen when they start putting in more troops is they’ll retreat into the shadows for a few weeks, they’ll take a look at how the troops maneuver, how they patrol, where they go. They’ll take stock of the weaknesses and then they’ll probe and come at them and attack. And that’s exactly what they’ve done. And they’ve now got these, you know, little pockets of Americans deposited around the city, which is just a great target for these guys who know the streets and speak the language and look the same way -- and different from our guys. So I mean, this is not a hard equation to understand.