Posted on 01/02/2009 5:33:43 PM PST by jveritas
There is no doubt that we have achieved VICTORY in Iraq. In 2008 we have the lowest number of US troops’ fatalities in Iraq. Every dead soldier or Marines is way too many but the low number of US troops killed in Iraq is shockingly low in 2008 and compared to any historic standard.
According to a leftist website that keeps track of US casualties in Iraq and Afghanistan we have lost 314 of our heroes in Iraq in 2008 but only 225 of them were due to hostile enemy fire. Here is the link http://icasualties.org/oif/USByYear.aspx. (Click on fatality type to see hostile and non hostile)
The numbers above are lower than the murders that occurred in 2008 in major US cities such as New York (516 murders), Chicago (506 murders), Los Angeles (380).
We salute our fallen heroes who died for our freedom and our way of life and we are also eternally grateful to them and to all our brave troops for achieving such an amazing VICTORY in Iraq. Not to forget the incredible leadership of President Bush who made this VICTORY all possible.
God bless President Bush and all our brave troops.
God bless all of our American troops!!!
Lower than the 509 for Chicago.
A million Amen.
Yes and less than half the murders in Chicago and New York.
Quick, lets unconditionally withdraw from Chicago and New York. lol
Yep we need to do it now ;)
Send in Petraeus...
the killing fields are our urban areas.
Our urban areas are the strongholds of the Democrats.
So where do we go with that interesting piece of info??
Yet too many for the Libs to excuse freeing 50 million people.
Pray for W and Our Amazing Troops
One day history will correct all the lies and President Bush will take his great place in history.
Mexico’s drug war, 5,200 deaths of journalists, politicians, police, judges.... in 2008
Wow! They should fire the Illinois governor.
Endless Bush/America bashing, non stop worldwide MSM coverage of that all last year, right?
Pakistan remains defiant as India renews demands
The Times of India | 3 Jan 2009, 0106 hrs IST | The Times of India
Posted on 01/02/2009 1:27:25 PM PST by MyTwoCopperCoins
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2157801/posts
IDF Official Blog
Israel Defense Forces | Frequently Updated | IDF Spokesperson
Posted on 01/02/2009 4:03:37 PM PST by Tucson_AZ
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2157862/posts
HBO’s “The Pacific” Teaser Trailer Shown on Australian TV (See Link)
IMDB | 1/2/2008 | “kp73”
Posted on 01/02/2009 3:05:48 PM PST by Pyro7480
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2157847/posts
The Cuban revolution at 50 Heroic myth and prosaic failure
The Economist | Dec 30 08 | The Economist
Posted on 01/02/2009 4:52:28 PM PST by GSP.FAN
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2157881/posts
This tells me that the job is done, and that the US should declare the job done and come on home.
There is nothing to be gained at this point that cannot be gained by US air power + the ground forces of the Iraqi government.
So liberails are celebrating that the murders in Philadelphia are at 332 in 2008 which is still higher than all our fallen heroes who were killed in Iraq in all of 2008?
Maliki wants to remain in power. I assume he will continue to clear and hold cities against any al qaeda or insurgent or mahdi military. If he does not, then he will NOT maintain power.
That means that he’ll keep his army strong and under his control.
US air power combined with a decent ground force means that Maliki can not lose on any challenge to his authority. Total air dominance is not easy to fight against, and it makes a ground force nigh onto impossible to stop.
That is essentially what is already happening. We won.
Didn't you hear all about our victory from the Democrat "mainstream" newsrooms?
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