Posted on 03/24/2008 10:39:25 AM PDT by mdittmar
Top Democrats on Monday reacted to the 4,000th U.S. death in Iraq by calling for a change in policy.
Democratic presidential frontrunner Sen. Barack Obama (Ill.) called the event a “grim milestone” and advocated a new course on Iraq.
“It is past time to end this war that should never have been waged by bringing our troops home, and finally pushing Iraq's leaders to take responsibility for their future,” Obama stated.
His rival for the nomination, Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton (N.Y.), said at the onset of a speech on the economy that the news of the 4,000th U.S. death in Iraq is “heartbreaking” and noted that thousands of others have suffered from injuries.
“As president, I intend to honor their extraordinary service and the sacrifice of them and their families by ending this war and bringing them home as quickly and responsibly as possible,” Clinton vowed.
Meantime, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) said that “Americans are asking how much longer must our troops continue to sacrifice for the sake of an Iraqi government that is unwilling or unable to secure its own future.”
With the Iraq war having taken a backseat to the economy as the most pressing issue, Pelosi sought to tie the two together.
“Americans also understand that the cost of the war to our national security, military readiness and our reputation around the world is immense and that the threat to our economy – as the war in Iraq continues to take us deeper into debt – is unacceptable,” the House speaker stated.
Grim? The Dems are making the most of it.
Can we hear a rebuttal, an opposing view—preferably from the brave troops who are there, fighting and risking their lives, well aware of the dangers, and completely committed to finishing their mission?
I’d love to see the MSM have the guts to have an active duty soldier’s rebuttal immediately follow the beat-a-retreat Dhimmicrats in their unbiased “reporting”.
Dems have spent the last 6 months ignoring events in Iraq lest they have to confront the successes resulting from the “Surge”. Yet they must be watching at some level to have noticed the 4,000 death. Now they can get back the unreal debate about who can pull out of Iraq the fastest, or who was against the invasion of Iraq first.
They were just sad they didn’t have 4000 casualties beforehand, to coincide with the 5th anniversary.
They should add the yearly total murders in Philly, DC, LA and a couple other Lib hangouts and see how they match up with Iraq yearly totals.
4,000...that was the number of Americans killed exactly one-half hour after the Battle of D-Day, after one hour in the Battle of Anzion, in a half-day at Iwo Jima, and in the first day of the Battle of the Bulge.
Ghouls...
Americans are asking how much longer must our troops borders continue to sacrifice be left wide open for the sake of a Iraqi Mexican government that is unwilling or unable to secure its own future.”
THERE!!! FIXED IT!!!
I never thought about that. That would be really evil.
The Demagogues want to pop champagne and dance in the aisles, but that would cause them political problems so they settle for trying to snatch defeat out of the jaws of success.
Did they pop champaigne corks?
It’s up to us to get the stats out for the Clinton years - twice the military deaths....Clinton years (1993-2000): 14,000 deaths
fax, email to ‘our’ guys
http://www.catholiccitizens.org/press/contentview.asp?c=45543
get it out there!
also -
put the link in the “tips” box on the FOX News sites-
stories only get to the desks after a certain level of faxes = emails come in...let’s get ‘er done.
They can’t let their anti-American fan base get away.
10% of the number of Americans killed in traffic accidents each year (40k).
20% of the number of Americans dying of the flu each year (20K)...
Not belittling the deaths- their sacrifices should always be appreciated and honored, but let's get some perspective here.
Grim? Several million freed Iraqi’s is ‘grim’? One of hte world’s MOST violent human rights violator’s and brutal dictators dead and gone is ‘grim’?
And what Senator Barack would constitute ‘cheery’ to you? More mass graves? More people being shoved through shredders alive? More people being thrown off rooftops alive? More people hanging by their arms while they are set on fire alive? More innocent civilians raped so brutally by Saddam’s thugs that they died from the wounds they recieved during the rapes?
Senator Barck should shut hte hell up or go to Iraq, stand over a mass grave where tens of thousands of bodies lie, and tell the victims families that this war should have never been fought by America!
Hey Obama how does harping on the number of U.S. casualties invite Bi-partisanship? Didn’t think you had an answer for that one either you empty suit.
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