Violence Flares in Iraq; Parliament Debates Stupid Flag Amendment

Violence Flares in Iraq; Parliament Debates Stupid Flag Amendment
by: Brandon Friedman
Tue Jan 22, 2008 at 03:19:24 AM EST

I need someone to stop me from jabbing a fork repeatedly into my eyeball. By the numbers:

1. On Saturday, five Americans were killed in Iraq. This sent the number of Americans killed in the first three weeks of January past the total number killed in all of December.

2. On Monday,
U.S. military aircraft hit more than 30 targets with 35 bombs weighing a total of 19,000 pounds in air strikes in Arab Jabour, the U.S. military said.

Yes, that's right: A major aerial bombardment. . .five years into the war for the hearts and minds of the Iraqi people. We're back to bombing them. And in case you were wondering, no, an engagement like this is neither normal, nor preferred during an insurgency.

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In fact, taken as whole, this thing has become a goddamned three-ring circus. All we're missing is the dancing bear, the trapeze artists, and a Volkswagen full of clowns.


Rest of article at: http://www.vetvoice.com/showDiary.do?diaryId=429

The rest of the news has been pushed to the back burner.