What's it Good For?

by fogiv, Wed Jun 18, 2008 at 06:26:49 PM EST

Senator John McCain tells us that that the war in Iraq is "necessary and just", and hey, good news: Bush's surge is a success! Will it work for the next 100 years? Let's take a glance at May of this year to see how well everything is working so far, eh?

Numbers and Facts From the Bush/McCain Funhouse
Date Event U.S. Dead Iraqi Civilian Dead
05/04/08 Iraqi Government Minister Ali al-Dabbagh informs the press that there was no "hard evidence" of Iranian involvement with Shi'ite militias in Iraq. 4,044 84,365
05/10/08 The Washington Post reports that U.S. service members killed in Iraq and Afghanistan were cremated in a facility normally used to cremate animals. Pentagon bans the practice only one day before the story breaks. 4,048 84,468
05/15/08 Documents from a California lawsuit by veterans indicate that the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs had hidden the high risk of suicide for soldiers returning from Iraq and Afghanistan. 4,051 84,581
05/19/08 U.S. Sniper removed from Iraq after using the Quran for target practice. 4,053 84,678
05/20/08 Attack kills eleven Iraqi Police recruits. 4,053 84,678
05/24/08 Reports indicate that 14 women have been killed in Kurdistan, including "honor killings". 4,055 84,799
05/26/08 MEMORIAL DAY. IED attacks kill two U.S. soldiers. 4,057 84,828
05/29/08 U.S. Marine in Fallujah reassigned after complaints about proselytizing. Turns out Sunni Muslims don't care much for commemorative coins embossed with gospel from the New Testament. Go figure. 4,060 84,925

We're still winning hearts and minds this month. Think July will be just a good?

Help Barack Obama and the Democratic Party put an end to the damage that George W. Bush has done, and work to defeat John McCain in the fall.




Tags: War, Iraq, John McCain, Barack Obama, 2008 (all tags)

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Tips for defeating McCain. (2.00 / 3)

How could anyone vote for this guy?
Unseen, in the background, Fate was quietly slipping the lead into the boxing glove.
by fogiv on Wed Jun 18, 2008 at 06:30:41 PM EST

Re: What's it Good For? (2.00 / 1)

There was a report on NPR yesterday about a Sunni family who had returned to Bagdad. But only to sell their house.

When the reporters arrived at the Sunnis' home, their Shi'a neighbors were there, to welcome their friends back, but the Sunni family felt they could only speak frankly when the Shi'as had left.

And when the reporter went to the Shi'a family's home, the 'patriarch' (he sounded very old) said that it was only a matter of time before the Shi'as took their revenge on the remaining Sunnis.

Both families had lost relatives to the violence and chaos.

But the surge is working. Somehow.


by BlueinColorado on Wed Jun 18, 2008 at 08:32:17 PM EST

Re: What's it Good For? (2.00 / 1)

I heard that too.  The amount of damage done is staggering, on so many levels.


Unseen, in the background, Fate was quietly slipping the lead into the boxing glove.
by fogiv on Wed Jun 18, 2008 at 09:44:34 PM EST
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Ah, damn... (2.00 / 1)

This is the sort of thing which should be on the rec list. But we're at MyDD, so naturally, it isn't. Going down that chart and looking at the Iraqi civilian deaths is staggering. I noticed that between 5/19 and 5/20/08, none were killed. And I'm wondering, under a Republican administration, is that considered a good day or a bad day?


Even John McCain lusts after teh engels.
by sricki on Thu Jun 19, 2008 at 03:50:57 AM EST

Re: Ah, damn... (2.00 / 1)

Might just be that none were found and counted.  Many argue that (fairly credibly) that the Iraqi numbers are grossly under reported.

Thanks for dropping in for a look.


Unseen, in the background, Fate was quietly slipping the lead into the boxing glove.
by fogiv on Thu Jun 19, 2008 at 11:03:46 AM EST
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