Now It’s Working
The post featured below is from my newest friend BJ from South Carolina. She is a former Newspaper Editor and her political opinion writing can be found at I See My Dreams. Not many people can write like she does and I was so glad that she allowed me to cross post “Now, it’s working…” here at Papamoka Straight Talk. Thank you BJ!
Now, it's working ...
Now, it's working ...
There’s a joke in upstate South Carolina about two Clemson University students riding around campus. The driver pulls over and asks his buddy to get out and tell him if his right blinker is working. The buddy yells back to the driver, “Now, it’s working; now, it’s not; now, it’s working, now it’s not.”
So, is the so-called U.S. troop “surge” in Iraq working – or not?
Can the surge be working when armed U.S. troops celebrate the birth of Jesus Christ in the heart of a Muslim country?
Can the surge be working when a single American soldier looks into the camera and wishes his family “Happy Holidays” with tears running down his cheeks?
Can the surge be working when there are those who would have the United States become a fundamentalist theocracy while our soldiers are dying to prevent one in a Muslim country?
Can the surge be working when U.S. troops are fighting to liberate Iraqis from years of tyranny while the Bush administration has systematically chipped away at our own freedoms here?
Can the surge be working when major Iraqi factions cannot exist in harmony, and there are, quite literally, "warring" factions right here in America?
Can the surge be working as long as the neoconservatives who have shaped this administration’s foreign policy are building the world’s largest foreign embassy – a virtual fortress – in Baghdad with plans for a U.S. presence and U.S. bases protecting Iraq’s oil reserves for the unforeseeable future?
And, finally, you are hearing that the surge is working militarily, if not in terms of a successful Iraqi government. Is this true?
Examine six periods of this almost five-year war in terms of U.S. troop deaths in Iraq, verified by the DoD:
20 March 2003 through 1 May 2003 (end of major combat operations): 140 in 43 days
2 May 2003 through 28 June 2004 (sovereignty turned over to Iraq): 718 in 424 days
29 June 2004 through 30 January 2005 (Iraq elections): 580 in 216 days
31 January 2005 through 14 December 2005 (Iraq general elections): 715 in 318 days
15 December 2005 through 31 January 2007: 933 in 412 days
Beginning of the surge – 1 February 2007 to date: 811 in 328 days
Total deaths: 3,897 U.S. troops (Total coalition: UK, 174; other, 133)
Check out I See My Dreams for other great posts by BJ…
Papamoka
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So, is the so-called U.S. troop “surge” in Iraq working – or not?
Can the surge be working when armed U.S. troops celebrate the birth of Jesus Christ in the heart of a Muslim country?
Can the surge be working when a single American soldier looks into the camera and wishes his family “Happy Holidays” with tears running down his cheeks?
Can the surge be working when there are those who would have the United States become a fundamentalist theocracy while our soldiers are dying to prevent one in a Muslim country?
Can the surge be working when U.S. troops are fighting to liberate Iraqis from years of tyranny while the Bush administration has systematically chipped away at our own freedoms here?
Can the surge be working when major Iraqi factions cannot exist in harmony, and there are, quite literally, "warring" factions right here in America?
Can the surge be working as long as the neoconservatives who have shaped this administration’s foreign policy are building the world’s largest foreign embassy – a virtual fortress – in Baghdad with plans for a U.S. presence and U.S. bases protecting Iraq’s oil reserves for the unforeseeable future?
And, finally, you are hearing that the surge is working militarily, if not in terms of a successful Iraqi government. Is this true?
Examine six periods of this almost five-year war in terms of U.S. troop deaths in Iraq, verified by the DoD:
20 March 2003 through 1 May 2003 (end of major combat operations): 140 in 43 days
2 May 2003 through 28 June 2004 (sovereignty turned over to Iraq): 718 in 424 days
29 June 2004 through 30 January 2005 (Iraq elections): 580 in 216 days
31 January 2005 through 14 December 2005 (Iraq general elections): 715 in 318 days
15 December 2005 through 31 January 2007: 933 in 412 days
Beginning of the surge – 1 February 2007 to date: 811 in 328 days
Total deaths: 3,897 U.S. troops (Total coalition: UK, 174; other, 133)
Check out I See My Dreams for other great posts by BJ…
Papamoka
Technorati Tags:
Bush, White House, War on Terror, Iraq, Iran, Marines, Army, USMC, Navy, Veterans, Baghdad, Green Zone, Afghanistan, VFW, US Military, Democrats, 9-11, Surge, Cheney, Troops, Clemson, Bring the troops home, Save our Troops, Five years, Coalition Forces, Killed troops in Iraq, Death toll, oil reserves, Iraq Oil
Labels: Bush Administration, Bush War, Iran, Iraq, Marines, Navy, Support Our Troops, US Air Force, US Army
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