tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7572739179315002435.post8454649592005827523..comments2023-11-03T06:57:29.839-04:00Comments on Freeper Madness: Iraq in chaosUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7572739179315002435.post-65316649643647770182014-06-17T14:17:50.874-04:002014-06-17T14:17:50.874-04:00The 75% claim is nonsense.Here are the numbers of ...The 75% claim is nonsense.Here are the numbers of fatalities among coaltion forces:<br />2003:580<br />2004:906<br />2005:897<br />2006:961<br />2007:322<br />2008:322<br />2009:150<br />2010:60<br />2011:54<br />2012:1<br /><br />It looks from those numbers that almost 95% of fatalities (and I think the numbers for wounded would be similar) occured before Obama took office.<br /><br />And as much as everyone now says that we should have made an agreement with Maliki to keep forces in the area, Maliki wanted us out. As some general said, they have to want it more than we do.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7572739179315002435.post-60468054527203137102014-06-17T14:10:23.683-04:002014-06-17T14:10:23.683-04:00Got ones for Afghanistan where the war is still ho...Got ones for Afghanistan where the war is still hot and ongoing:<br /><br />http://www.justforeignpolicy.org/obamavsbush<br />http://cnsnews.com/news/article/dennis-m-crowley/12-year-war-73-us-casualties-afghanistan-obamas-watch<br /><br />Many (if not most) of them green on blue attacks.<br /><br />Iraq - nothing as clear cut. Fewer in total, by a long chalk (roughly 272 killed under Obama, several thousand injured to a greater or lesser extent out of nearly 5000 dead and 50,000 wounded) so I'll grant you that. Most of the Iraq casualties happened in the first month of the war, then virtually nothing for years.<br /><br />You got me thinking of the difference between the two conflicts. To put it simply, Afghans don't want us there. The Iraqi's did. Still do, by all reports - it takes a lot to make a rather proud people ask for help. Hell - they are even accepting help from their old enemy Iran right now. How pushed must they be to do that?<br /><br />Still, eraadat Allah, right?ECnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7572739179315002435.post-68603690060017686812014-06-17T13:14:18.282-04:002014-06-17T13:14:18.282-04:00EC - got any actual links for the 75% claim? EC - got any actual links for the 75% claim? Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7572739179315002435.post-45027366861575665072014-06-17T01:50:01.112-04:002014-06-17T01:50:01.112-04:00Morning B!
Obama does hold the bag for this. Sorr...Morning B!<br /><br />Obama does hold the bag for this. Sorry. And the 75% figure is fairly accurate. The ROE changed after he were sworn in, making it almost impossible for squads to protect themselves. Seeing hostiles and having to wait until they shoot before shooting back is not a recipe for keeping living soldiers.<br /><br />Then pulling out without making a force agreement first? Hell, the US has had bases in Germany since WW2, thanks to a force agreement. Ditto South Korea. <br /><br />If you go in, you make sure you keep the peace for as long as it takes. Pity - I like Iraqis. Nice people in the main, friendly as anything. Still got a lot of friends there from my time there.<br /><br />Agree about the keyboard warriors. Every time one of them talks about glass parking lots, I am tempted to find them and lay a Hellfire or a Stinger on their trailer.ECnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7572739179315002435.post-16167967917281818122014-06-16T19:46:33.865-04:002014-06-16T19:46:33.865-04:00"Obama has had, what, 172 golf days since he ..."Obama has had, what, 172 golf days since he took office?<br /><br />Iraq is falling apart, and Obama is so concerned that he goes to a high school graduation and tells everyone how bad the Republicans are.<br /><br />Golf and gab......that’s what you get from Obama. "<br /><br />"Now watch this drive." -- GWB<br />Freepers sure are concerned about golfing all of a sudden. <br />I thought the surge worked.<br />I guess as soon as we stopped paying Iraqis to not kill each other, they resumed.<br />What was it GW said, it was racist of people to think that Iraqis are not capable of democracy? That the definition of victory is "not no violence"? <br />I think the Freep keyboard warriors should sign up to relieve our soldiers who've been over their for multiple tours. And if they're too old, sign up their kids and grandkids. Because dammit, something must be done. That'll show King Obama their resolve.anonymousBnoreply@blogger.com