Saturday, October 07, 2006
Another fine month in Iraq
And the WaPo is there to give us the details of Our Dear Embattled Leader's improving picture in Iraq.
And in the meantime, The Shooter is out on the fundraising trail, usually behind closed doors and security screens, telling everyone who ponies up the cash that ODEL and the Republicans are the ones to get the job done. If the job is getting US troops killed and wounded in a war without end or purpose.
A survey of reports on combat deaths from August through early October, however, shows an increase in those killed in Baghdad from small-arms fire as well as bombs along roads. Dense urban terrain in the city of 6 million people, where enemy fighters have many places to hide and can attack from close quarters, reduces the advantage of the better-trained and better-equipped U.S. forces.But ODEL has promised us he will not bring the troops home on his watch, and he is the Decider.
"September was horrific" in terms of the toll of wounded, and if the early October trend continues, this month could be "the worst month of the war," said John E. Pike, director of GlobalSecurity.org, a Virginia-based Web site that tracks defense issues.
And in the meantime, The Shooter is out on the fundraising trail, usually behind closed doors and security screens, telling everyone who ponies up the cash that ODEL and the Republicans are the ones to get the job done. If the job is getting US troops killed and wounded in a war without end or purpose.
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