Posted on 11/28/2007 10:06:46 PM PST by vaper69
Well, what would be wrong with that, in Paul's view? If Paul's criticism is "Sadr's militia has a hand in enforcing social order in parts XYZ of Iraq, and that's bad, and we should stop it, but since we haven't, that means we've lost", then Paul contradicts himself. After all, Paul doesn't think we have the right to say anything either way about how social order is enforced in Iraq. Right?
Which is bad in Paul's view because ____? (see my prev. post)
Didn’t you get the memo? Ron Paul is the only candidate who stands for those time honored and important American values and GOP virtues like ‘isolationism, defeat, surrender, and betraying the troops’.
” The violence is significantly down all over Iraq. What’s Paul’s leftist-mantra excuse for the huge drop in incidents in Anbar Province? In Baghdad? In Mosul? In Tal Afar? I could go on, but you get my drift.”
I agree that the violence is down all over Iraq but would you care to specifically state why? And down by what measure? Compared to last year, two years ago or what? Are the reasons the same for every area? And at what point do we leave declaring victory?
RINO Paul and Kucinich are easily two of the most dangerous people to run for president in decades.
I agree that the overall violence in Iraq is down but consider the following:
- “Basra violence is down by 90%” That’s great but did the US surge have anything to do with it?
* Violence in Iraq is down by 50%.
* Civilian casualties in Iraq are down by 60%.
* Baghdad casualties are down by 75%.
* Terrorist attacks in Iraq are down by 80%.
* IED attacks down by 55%.
* Average daily attacks down by 42%.
- What are these numbers based upon? What time frame?
- How is the political situation progressing? If all the factions cannot agree on some long-term solution then what was the surge all about? Will it have been worth it?
- How much have we paid faction leaders and warlords to help us fight Al Qeada? Where will there loyalties be when we (and our arms and money) leave?
Those are just a few questions that need to be answered before we declare any sort of victory via the surge.
Are you anti-war?
“Answer a question for me first before I answer any of yours.
Are you anti-war?”
Being “anti-war” or “pro-war” is absolutely irrelevant based on the questions I posed. I am however anti-ill-conceived-and-poorly-executed foreign policy, but see the following post for more info.
“Answer a question for me first before I answer any of yours.
Are you anti-war?”
You need to be more specific. Do you mean “anti-war” all the time, or “anti-war” when it disagrees with your views or what you see as justified?
I am a retired helicopter pilot from the US Army with 26 years’ service. I served during Desert Shield/Desert Storm so I am quite familiar with war. I also have liason experience with NATO, DIA/CIA, and SOCOM in the areas of intelligence gathering and estimates as well as nuclear, biological and chemical warfare.
The following link provided in the blog answered only one question, but only partially:
http://www.defenselink.mil/news/newsarticle.aspx?id=48184
“...IED attacks have dropped 55 percent from their high in June. The average daily attacks are down 42 percent. “That is really good news,” Meigs said. “This is coincident with the surge.” The overall peak in June and July of this year, and IED attacks have been dropping steadily ever since.”
The rest of my questions are not answered by the chart or the included link.
I've just made a decision: This conversation is over. I just don't have time to play this.
Thank you for your service.
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