Eight more US soldiers killed; Gunmen dressed as Iraqi soldiers kill 15 (Kurds)

Fuck Bush!

They have been as adaptable as the Vietnamese were, despite lacking a unified political-organizational command. Several commands are operating in rough unity. I'm sure militaries over the world are closely studying the conflict to learn the appropriate lessons, particularly countries like China, N. Korea, and Iran, which are targeted for "regime change."

I recall that old song from the sixties by Country Joe & the Fish:

double and triple agents, ambushes and inside jobs.

What war does that remind you of? This all has the eerie echo of Viet Nam for me.

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Cuz the Commander Guy has the plan to have the Enterprise beam all Americans and their equipment back to the US as soon as the mission is accomplished! So there's no warning for the insurgents!!!

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because the dead are still dead.......but how is it known that the "shooters" were dressed as Iraqi soldiers.....why couldn't they just BE Iraqi soldiers? Every time I hear this obfuscation, I cringe.

Iraqi soldiers dress like Iraqi soldiers; so if the shooters were Iraqi soldiers, the statement's true.

Non-Iraqis and non-soldiers can also dress like Iraqi soldiers; so if the shooters weren't Iraqi (doubtful) or weren't soldiers (plausible), the statement's true.

I don't see a plausible contrast between "shooters dressed as Iraqi soldiers" and "shooters that were Iraqi soldiers" in this context.

Grice rules.

there have been 21 months in which the total for the entire month exceeded this months current total of 67 through 18 days. Nine of those are the last nine consecutive months.

The attacks are becoming both bolder and more successful - because we have spread our troops out in "forward operating bases" where they have much less protection, and then send them out in small groups to drive around hoping not to be targets.

This is "emboldening the enemy."

They are not "emboldened" because of anything Jack Murtha or Nancy Pelosi or Harry Reid say... they are emboldened because we are handing them easy targets.

Bush had to shop around last fall to find a general who would agree to do this - much as he had to shop around for a legal adviser to tell him it was ok to throw out the Constitution.

Like any addict, he seeks and finds "enablers" to help him feed his habit. We as a nation are complicit in this.

someone tell me again - I keep forgetting - why we are supposed to "give it until September to see if it is working"

???

Our Congress AND our military leaders are sworn to uphold the Constitution. Time's up. They are rapidly becoming, if not already, co-conspirators.

This is the message we all need to send to all three of our congresscritters. Tell them they are failing in their sworn duty and are co-conspirators in a criminal enterprise.