Larry Johnson: Four Days in Iraq: And this Means the Surge is Working?

Four Days in Iraq: And this Means the Surge is Working?
Submitted by davidswanson on Tue, 2007-11-27 03:58. Media

By Larry Johnson


If fourteen car and roadside bombs in four days is your idea of success then I give up. You should immediately sign up for the Joe Lieberman fantasy tour. While you are at it, keep those eyes on the skies because I bet the rapture is imminent. (Please remember to tell Joe that since he is a Jew that Jesus will not be favorably disposed to catch him up with the rest of the saved. Unless he accepts Jesus he is getting left behind, no matter how deeply he believes things are swell in Iraq.)

Yes it is true that the level of violence is down in Iraq. But that is like saying that the explosions on Omaha Beach were not as bad as the fire bombing of Dresden. Truth is no sane person would want to be in either locale.

We also need to be honest with ourselves. If we were experiencing one terrorist bombing a day in America would Bush or any member of Congress have the balls to tell the American people that things are better? Would that be considered a tolerable state of affairs. If you have a shred of intellectual honesty you know that the answer is not only “no”, but “No Way in Hell”.

So what happened in Iraq over the last four days? (I am referring to the period starting Friday, 23 November thru Monday, 26 November.) You can follow the links to the icausalties.org news archive page and read the reports for yourselves.

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