With June now on record as the lowest casualty rate among civilian deaths in Iraq and the tide turning in favor of the new Iraqi government, are the Dems going to finally awake in 2008 to once again find themselves on the wrong side of history?
2007-07-03 16:31:12 · 8 answers · asked by Anonymous in Politics & Government ➔ Politics
I can't believe that anyone thinks that it is possible to "win" this war (in 2008 or any other year). Any causalities is too many causalities and the Iraqi government is never going to be accepted by the people in that region because the US put them there. (And just for the record, I am not a "Dem" - I am an Australian).
2007-07-07 14:59:40 · answer #1 · answered by cutsie_dread 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The Dems aren't invested in defeat, they're tired of seeing the mismanagement and incompetent handling of this war, as are many, many Republicans as well.
I'm not either one, and though I think we desperately need to revamp our whole involvement in this chaos, I will be glad if this surge actually begins working. After four years of little else than chaos and policing a civil war it would be very heartening to see some success at last. It will, however, require more than one month's report of diminished civilian deaths to convince the American people of improvement. Especially since, and I noticed you failed to mention this, it was one of the most deadly and bloodiest months for our own soldiers. Here is the information about that:
"The trade-off for the decline in civilian deaths in Baghdad may be high U.S. casualties. The Web site icasualties.org tallied 101 U.S. soldiers killed in June, one of the deadliest months in Iraq for American forces. This raised to 330 the number of U.S. troops killed in the past three months."
"U.S. commanders warn a higher body count is in the offing, as forces step up fighting this summer."
http://www.heraldextra.com/content/view/227517/
Regardless of any of this, there isn't a military expert or general who thinks we can win this thing by the end of 2008. Not a one, whether the surge improves our position or not. Improvement is always good, but it's going to take a heck of a lot more than this to convince the 2/3's of this nation that are sick of this war that we're actually making a dent at last.
2007-07-03 23:48:02 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
No. The Republicans have been too invested in defending Bush to win the White House in 2008. They should have thrown him under the bus a long time ago.
2007-07-03 23:37:31 · answer #3 · answered by The Stylish One 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Regardless of a win, in the Iraq war, or any war, for that matter, means not a pig's hair to a Liberal. They will vote for anyone, at this point, as long as the candidate is not Conservative. Their hatred of our government, our soldiers, freedom, and their own people is outrageously out of hand! The White House, and Congress, as long as they think they can rule both, is more important than their own child's life, it seems to me. Remember also, that the majority of Liberals believe abortion is just fine and dandy. These are their own children they murder, yet call a full-grown, willing, and able soldier, a criminal, for doing as he/she promised to do...Protect them, and their country.
2007-07-03 23:40:16 · answer #4 · answered by xenypoo 7 · 0⤊ 3⤋
Most people in the U.S. do not support this war. Including Republicans.
http://www.cnn.com/2007/POLITICS/06/26/poll.iraq.schneider/index.html
2007-07-03 23:36:33 · answer #5 · answered by truth seeker 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
1343 deaths with many unreported and unknown number of missing.I am no dem or american but how does this number sit on your con soul?Shame on americans that support the war
2007-07-03 23:39:05 · answer #6 · answered by RX 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
if the Iraq "war" is "won" by 2008, anything is possible.
2007-07-03 23:36:23 · answer #7 · answered by jonny y 3 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Moot point. There won't be a "win" OR a "loss" in Iraq.
2007-07-03 23:34:46 · answer #8 · answered by fake_cowboy 4 · 3⤊ 1⤋