Does this story perfectly back up all the great things we hear about in Iraq from republicans?

Question

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20071230/ap_on_re_mi_ea/iraq_casualties

Answer 1

No.
A few facts. Saddam was very much an equal opportunity oppressor meaning women and Christians, the second man of the Saddam regime was a Christean, had their rights guaranteed and respected. Yes he was a brutal dictator but not a Muslim extremist.
Iraq had no place in the war on terror and the reasons for invading that country had nothing to do with human rights, threats but everything with classical economic imperialism and Israeli interests.

Secular Arab Nationalism has always been a force against radicalization and that's the truth. Iraq is now more Islamic than it was under Saddam. American foreign policy is morally bankrupt

Iraq is currently ranked as the third most corrupt country in the world. It is estimated, for example, that $18 billion in Iraqi government funds has been stolen since 2004. More than one third of all US “reconstruction” funds is simply stolen and ends up in the pockets of various powerbrokers.

The overwhelming majority of the population is firmly opposed to any US presence in the country. According to a recent ABC/BBC poll, 98 percent of Sunnis and 84 percent of Shiites want all US forces out of the country. Attacks on US troops have dropped markedly but still continue at over 60 per day and are supported, according to the poll, by 93 percent of Sunnis and 50 percent of Shiites.

Far from “stabilising” Iraq, the US military now faces a highly volatile situation with troops stationed in exposed forward bases keeping ethnically cleansed neighbourhoods and districts apart. While the multitude of sectarian militia are hostile to each other, they remain bitterly opposed to the US occupation. There is nothing new or innovative in the US tactics, which mark a return to the classic colonial policy of “divide-and-rule”. Any number of factors could rapidly lead to the collapse of this precarious house of cards.

Any conception that Iraq will become a pliable US client state in a matter of a few years is a pipedream. The imperialist ambition of dominating Iraq’s oil resources and using it as a garrison state in the Middle East can only be pursued by the permanent occupation of the country, the repression of Iraqi opposition and a constant flow of dead and wounded soldiers back to the US.

Answer 2

The troop death toll is actually lower then it was in 1981, when we weren't at war. The fact is it is around 20 this month not 40, and yes it is better. Why is this hatred for bush so strong when over 8 countries had the same intelligence as we did for weapons of mass destruction. And Hillary said bush misled here when she even admitted she never read the intelligence report? The fact is over 80 percent of the military believes in this war and want to fight the fight. Do you think its innocent people blowing themselves up there against us. Its people that want to kill us. So one way or another it will catch up to us if we don't do something about finishing the job. Yes the war was not properly waged but now we have a great guy in charge there and things are turning around , does that mean anything? This hatred for the president i really don't understand, i don't love him but we voted for him so lets get behind the country and win this thing, and hes not running next term and if we want a new direction we can elect a different party.

Answer 3

We cannot measure the success of a war by deaths. More troops may have died in 2007, but the number went down every year since the invasion started before 2007. Plus, we instituted the surge in 2007, so more troops would naturally lead to increased casualties. We are also winning the war militarily, and Britain just took her troops home victoriously. This is the reason that the left-wing media are focusing on issues other than Iraq, it doesn't fit their "Bush messes everything up" template.

Answer 4

And that article even does Bush the favor of ignoring the new mess in Pakistan...

Until people learn that "Terrorism" is not a country on the map... well, I can't help them in their war against it.

Answer 5

u know thats what i think is crazy,that people are saying yaaaay because 40 americans were killed this month instead of 60,when infact 0 americans should have been killed seeing we shouldn't be there.

this good news coming out of iraq is great but it doesn't negate the fact we shouldn't be there in the first place

Answer 6

No.