"This blast would have been relatively unremarkable a year ago."
That in itself speaks volumes about the state of Iraq. Yesterday, aside from this horrendus bombing, Iraqi state TV journalist Muhieddin Abdul-Hamid was shot and there were two other seperate suicide bombings targetting the Iraqi police.
Sustainable is the operative word here. Which it 'aint IMO.
Perhaps the Bush Jügen really think that the American public are prepared to pay for a never-ending enormous occupation army to hold what's left of Iraq together for the next century, but nobody other than they are that deluded.
Madverts at 06:48 PM JST - 18th June
"What is about the headline 'Iraqi violence down' that so upsets some people here?"
However, meat, perhaps you could tell us which posters are upset that the monthly death toll is down?
Posted in Iraqi violence down at 06:48 PM JST - 18th June
Madverts at 06:46 PM JST - 18th June
"Who, specifically, should I ask?"
That's what I want to know.
WHo on this thread feels threatened the ever paradoxical (if that's a word) positive bad news from Iraq.
Posted in Iraqi violence down at 06:46 PM JST - 18th June
Madverts at 06:44 PM JST - 18th June
meat,
Sorry that's a private joke between me and The Whitehawk of Bukoto. He understands that it wasn't meant in meaness.
Posted in Iraqi violence down at 06:44 PM JST - 18th June
Madverts at 06:39 PM JST - 18th June
"I've never subscribed to this point of view."
Do you have any thoughts then on why there are now thousands upon thousands of the bastards now running amok in Iraq?
"9-11 was planned under Clinton....but I don't hear people saying that Clinton was great for recruiting terrorists."
True, but it…
Posted in Obama rebukes McCain; says bin Laden free due to GOP tactics at 06:39 PM JST - 18th June
Madverts at 05:58 PM JST - 18th June
Shima,
"This blast would have been relatively unremarkable a year ago."
That in itself speaks volumes about the state of Iraq. Yesterday, aside from this horrendus bombing, Iraqi state TV journalist Muhieddin Abdul-Hamid was shot and there were two other seperate suicide bombings targetting the Iraqi police.
A resistance of…
Posted in Car bomb kills 51 in Baghdad at 05:58 PM JST - 18th June
Madverts at 05:41 PM JST - 18th June
Whitehawk,
Sustainable is the operative word here. Which it 'aint IMO.
Perhaps the Bush Jügen really think that the American public are prepared to pay for a never-ending enormous occupation army to hold what's left of Iraq together for the next century, but nobody other than they are that deluded.
Posted in Iraqi violence down at 05:41 PM JST - 18th June
Madverts at 02:38 AM JST - 18th June
"I know, it's something of a novelty for JT."
Uhm, no, plenty have been doing it above. Ignoring the continuing refugee crisis, look at todays mess:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/7459842.stm
Sorry, did you mention something about cornerstone's and presidential campaign's?
Posted in Iraqi violence down at 02:38 AM JST - 18th June
Madverts at 02:13 AM JST - 18th June
And why is that, Whitehawk?
Haven't you read any posts on this thread??
"Only" 532 recorded deaths is not an achievement.
The it highlights the wars' cheerleaders sheer desperation to see any "good news" as final proof of their uh, vindication.
Posted in Iraqi violence down at 02:13 AM JST - 18th June
Madverts at 01:21 AM JST - 18th June
"Palliatives are not usually cures."
All my rantings compressed into one phrase. Thank-you Sez!
Posted in Iraqi violence down at 01:21 AM JST - 18th June
Madverts at 12:48 AM JST - 18th June
"He should have gone long before so that his pronouncements about the war carried more weight"
But he has been to Iraq. I really don't get what all the fuss about this potential visit is about.
Posted in Obama, amid criticism from McCain, says he will visit Iraq at 12:48 AM JST - 18th June