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General Government, Politics & Law
A roadside bomb killed four U.S. soldiers in Baghdad on Sunday, the military said, pushing the overall American death toll in the five-year war to at least 4,000.
http://news.aol.com/story/_a/us-death-toll-in-iraq-war-hits-4...
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You should have an undecided. Well let me first say that many people aren't very educated on the issure in Iraq, and thats why they all say they want the soldiers to come back. I think that it is our moral duty to stay, and not our moral duty to iraq, but to the soldiers that have already died.
If we pull out of Iraq now, there counrty will fall, and they will seek help from Iran, Inevitably starting just another war with America, possibly a Nulear one.
What message would we send to the soldiers, when we say that we know they wont suceed? We should atleast give them some help. I know that we will not totally suceed, but if we stay, we will be apart of something, that could possibly be great -
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What exactly denotes success? Those people are like roaches. It won't matter if we're there for 100 days or a 100 years. They will come out as soon as we leave. This war is REDICULOUS. They are there, thet are here, they are everywhere. We forever live in a world where we must look over our shoulder. -
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Its so over...
We can't win even if we do....
But what is it exactly that we are fighting for?
4,000 american boys are dead...
8,000 american parents will never see their boys again.
That sucks.... that really sucks....
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There is no clear definition of victory, but I know personally I would say victory is when we leave the middle east Iraq and Afgan are in better shape economically, socially, and militarily then they were when we first entered. Until this situation occurs we can not leave the Middle-East.
Emphasizing 4,000 troops does nothing. 4,000 troops in terms of war is a miniscule loss, especially when collected over 5 years. Freedom and safety do not come free. To ensure freedom continues and to spread it lives have to be sacrafised, just as they needed to be when we were fighting for our independance and freedom. I think the American people lost sight of that along the way. They lost sight of the fact that there are somethings bigger than the individual life. There are causes worth fighting and dying for. There are noble prosutes that will help mankind and the future of the human race. Americans have forgotten that most basic instinct that was instilled in our founding fathers. The founding fathers did not fight and die for themselves, they did it for their loved ones and the future hope of a better tommorow for all Americans. That mentality remains true today, whether or not the majority of Americans still believe in it is another thing. -
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Why do you emphasize the 4,000 military casualties with an exclamation point? If you think back 6 or so years, we suffered 3,000 INNOCENT CIVILIAN deaths at the hands of radical Islam.
Our enemy is radical Islam. We must and we will win the Iraq conflict. We must and we will have a presence in the Mideast as long as necessary. That's where our enemies are located. You must wake up to the FACT that we are at war with radical Islam. -
And what exactly is winning, hmm? And if you say that stabilizing Iraq is winning then you're a hypocrite. You say our enemy is radical Islam? Then we should be in Afghanistan. Wake up. Saddam didn't attack us on September 11, it was Osama bin Laden. That's who we should be focusing on if we want to "win".
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it will never happen, its another vietnam. just another war we claim to have won but truthfully never did. if my memory serves me right i think bush said at 1 point that we had accomlished our mission and that was a long time ago but yet why are we still there? -
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We should not have gone there in the first place. Afghanistan was the place to go. By the way, I am not at all optimistic about how the returning wounded, maimed for ever, and psychologically disabled vets are going to get the treatment they deserve either.
http://www.bodyofwar.com/
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It IS Succeeding...
Did you know that 47 countries' have reestablished their embassies in Iraq ?
that the Iraqi government currently employs 1.2 million Iraqi people?
that 3100 schools have been renovated, 364 schools are under rehabilitation,
That 263 new schools are now under construction and 38 new schools have been completed in Iraq ?
Did you know that Iraq 's higher educational structure consists of 20 Universities,46 Institutes or colleges and 4 research centers, all currently operating?
that 25 Iraq students departed for the United States in January 2005 for the re-established Fulbright program?
Did you know that the Iraqi Navy is operational?
They have 5 - 100-foot patrol craft, 34 smaller vessels and a naval infantry regiment.
Did you know that Iraq ' s Air Force consists of three operational squadrons, Which includes 9 reconnaissance and 3 US C-130 transport aircraft (under Iraqi operational control) which
operate day and night, and will soon add 16 UH-1 helicopters and 4 Bell Jet Rangers?
Did you know that Iraq has a counter-terrorist unit and a Commando Battalion?
Did you know that the Iraqi Police Service has over 55,000 fully trained and equipped police 0fficers? that there are 5 Police Academies in Iraq that produce over 3500 new officers each 8 weeks?
there are more than 1100 building projects going on in Iraq ?
They include
364 schools,
67 public clinics,
15 hospitals,
83 railroad statio...It IS Succeeding...
Did you know that 47 countries' have reestablished their embassies in Iraq ?
that the Iraqi government currently employs 1.2 million Iraqi people?
that 3100 schools have been renovated, 364 schools are under rehabilitation,
That 263 new schools are now under construction and 38 new schools have been completed in Iraq ?
Did you know that Iraq 's higher educational structure consists of 20 Universities,46 Institutes or colleges and 4 research centers, all currently operating?
that 25 Iraq students departed for the United States in January 2005 for the re-established Fulbright program?
Did you know that the Iraqi Navy is operational?
They have 5 - 100-foot patrol craft, 34 smaller vessels and a naval infantry regiment.
Did you know that Iraq ' s Air Force consists of three operational squadrons, Which includes 9 reconnaissance and 3 US C-130 transport aircraft (under Iraqi operational control) which
operate day and night, and will soon add 16 UH-1 helicopters and 4 Bell Jet Rangers?
Did you know that Iraq has a counter-terrorist unit and a Commando Battalion?
Did you know that the Iraqi Police Service has over 55,000 fully trained and equipped police 0fficers? that there are 5 Police Academies in Iraq that produce over 3500 new officers each 8 weeks?
there are more than 1100 building projects going on in Iraq ?
They include
364 schools,
67 public clinics,
15 hospitals,
83 railroad stations,
22 oil facilities,
93 water facilities
and
69 electrical facilities.
Did you know that 96% of Iraqi children under the age of 5 have received the first 2 series of polio vaccinations?
that 4.3 million Iraqi children were enrolled in primary school by mid October?
Did you know that there are 1,192,000 cell phone subscribers in and phone use has gone up 158%?
Did you know that Iraq has an independent media that consists of 75 radio stations, 180 newspapers and 10 television stations?
OF COURSE WE DIDN'T KNOW! WHY DIDN'T WE KNOW? OUR MEDIA WON'T TELL US!
Instead We get photos of flag burning incidents and Abu Ghraib
The lack of accentuating the positive in Iraq serves two purposes:
It is intended to undermine the world's perception of the United States
and it is intended to discourage American citizens.
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Above facts are verifiable on the Department of Defense web site.
http://www.defenselink.mil/
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There are 4,000 U.S. soldiers who have been killed, and 25,000 or more who have been maimed. There are over 100,000 dead Iraqis, a million or more maimed, mostly children, and millions more than that who are refugees. Success would mean stopping this, but I don't see that happening right now. -
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i just read a washington post story that the fighting has escalated again http://www.washingtonpost.com... -
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Hey wimps, get used to this. We lost once by fighting the politically correct war. Once was enough and it isn't going to happen again. We aren't Spain and we don't cut and run. If our law enforcement officers thought like you appeasers, they would have had to cut and ran out of St. Louis and Detroit which are far more dangerous than Baghdad. -
Exactly right. With every soldier having to worry about how some reporter is going to spin an incursion for a politician to get some gain out of it, no wonder this is dragging on. Let our soldiers do what they were trained to do and this would be over in 6 months.
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I am very proud of our military it is working and yes we have lost alot of
our men and women but, that is war. Nobody likes it just, look at the success and not so much on wanting a withdraw. If we pull out like
Hillary and Obama wants too it would be a mistake. The sugre is working.
We sleep at peace at night, our fear of attacks are lessing,and we can
go on vacation in peace, fly with caution. All this is due to our being
over in Iraq at war. It is not just about oil, Once the iraqis establish a
working goverment that can lead their nation to peace and their
mitlitary up to date then maybe a small slow withdraw can begin. I
have friends , family, neighbors that had served and it would be a
big mistake to pull out now. The lost of life is very low considering
the length of this war. In the twin towers in one hit look how many lost of lives.So
please understand the important reasons we at there. Support the
men and women there and be proud of them . They are fighting for you!!
I believe if we withdraw now , I would think in a few years we would be at
war again starting over and even more loss of life would happen.. Hillary
and Obama touch on this withdraw just as a political gain they both no
they can't pull them out,they don't have the power!!! -
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No, I don't see it happening....Bush proclaimed "Mission Accomplished in 2003, and yet we are still there....