Merry Christmas to you, you Miserable Failure. I am sure that there are some families who are gonna be rockin' the vote for you ... not.
BAGHDAD, Iraq - Guerrillas killed two U.S. soldiers in a mortar attack north of Baghdad, the U.S. military said on Friday, as rockets shook the Iraqi capital in the biggest insurgent attacks since the capture of Saddam Hussein.
Insurgents also wounded two Polish soldiers in an ambush in southern Iraq, the latest in a string of attacks on the forces of countries which have answered Washington’s call for troops to help it secure the country it invaded to topple Saddam.
The U.S. casualties brought to 208 the number of U.S. combat deaths since Washington -- now under pressure over troop casualties as the 2004 presidential election approaches --announced the end of major combat in Iraq on May 1.
Gee, maybe Dick Cheney can hand out books on Civil War strategy and history to the rest of the Pentagon, then we'll be winning for sure.
posted by Jo Fish on 12.26.03 at 09:44 AM
Comments:
Isn't like chess...
Capture the "king" and it's over.
The zealots that are doing most of the killing don't particularly care that he's captured or not, they just want to make someone pay.
The actual effect of Saddam's capture is what's not happening and what won't happen:
The reinforcement, by more Iraqis, of the current crop of zealots and the reinforcement of the belief in the Iraqis' minds that Saddam won't return to power.
This opens the possibility for even more cooperation among the Iraqis in forming a stable, permanent, non-aggressive nation-state.
You're looking for the immediate gratification answer and missing the big picture...
posted by: Deathbunny on 12.30.03 at 10:01 PM [permalink]
