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2005-08-19 Iraq-Jordan

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Posted by Steve 2005-08-19 10:30|| || Front Page|| [3 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 This reminds me of a headline that I saw last year about prisons crowded despite the drop in crime. Sounds like Iraq need to start clean by dispatching some of the thugs.

Posted by Cyber Sarge">Cyber Sarge 2005-08-19 10:50|| 2005-08-19 10:50|| Front Page Top

#2 Headlines say they are going to execute 3 Ansar al Sunna thugs soon. I hope the trials get underway so they execute another 11,000 asap, including and or especially the foreign fighters.
I wish I could get more info on the clashes between Sunni's and jihadi's. I just can't get a grip on how this conflict is going. No enemy casualty reports versus 2-3 US fatalities/day. I guess some clarity that the bad guys are taking a beating would ofset some of the frustration of losing good men and women.

Posted by Rightwing 2005-08-19 11:05|| 2005-08-19 11:05|| Front Page Top

#3 The typical Iraqi on the street is becoming impatient with the government *not* executing thugs faster. While the current president is adamantly opposed to capital punishment, he understands the reality, though. If some candidate could promise to execute a hundred a week, he would be a shoe-in for president.

Posted by Anonymoose 2005-08-19 11:12|| 2005-08-19 11:12|| Front Page Top

#4 He'd have my vote.

Posted by Rightwing 2005-08-19 11:37|| 2005-08-19 11:37|| Front Page Top

#5 These guys (Strategy Page), seem like they know what they are talking about. However, every time I hear this fairly good news, the papers talk about how it's getting worse. Even some high profile people are losing faith. I don't trust the MSM, but how do we decide what's true, if we don't get facts, just opposeing sides.

Posted by plainslow 2005-08-19 12:01|| 2005-08-19 12:01|| Front Page Top

#6 The glass is half-empty.
The glass is half-full.
The glass isn't as full as it could be.
The glass isn't as empty as it could be.
The glass isn't as empty as it will be.
48% of those polled say the glass isn't full.

Due to the raging insurgency, more people see the glass as less than full compared to this time last year.

Unless more water is added to the glass, it will soon be less full than it is now.

John Kerry says more water should be added to the class to combat global dry air.

John Kerry is sure the glass used to have more water in it, but it's drying out due to global warming.

Howard Dean is sure the lower water level is due to a Karl Rove plot, planned and directed by his moron-of-a-boss.

Dan Rather says the glass should be more full.

No one knows how long the water has been in the glass, so it might not be safe to drink.

If you don't taste what's in the glass, how do you know it's not vodka?

Gimme some more time, I'll find other spins to the glass with some water in it.

Do you trust your president and his staff to adjust to changing conditions and make progress toward their stated goals? Do you believe there could be setbacks without losing the war, based on your historical knowledge of past conflicts?

Do you believe the media is more interested in ratings and selling ads than in informing you?

Can you develop any more factoids about the partially-filled glass of apparently clear liquid? Did you shake the glass to make sure it really is a liquid? Confused yet?

Posted by Bobby 2005-08-19 12:21|| 2005-08-19 12:21|| Front Page Top

#7 Perhaps Lynn Stewart will be available to help defend in the capital cases.

Posted by Curt Simon 2005-08-19 12:41|| 2005-08-19 12:41|| Front Page Top

#8 Arrests up, bombings down. Not at all a suprising correlation is it?

Posted by Thrinemble Clailing8511 2005-08-19 14:27|| 2005-08-19 14:27|| Front Page Top

#9 Unfortunately the total number of terrorists, terrorist enablers and hard core criminals in Iraq probably exceeds 100,000 and may exceed 250,000.

Not only do people need to be arrested but they have to be sentenced also.

Posted by mhw 2005-08-19 14:43|| 2005-08-19 14:43|| Front Page Top

#10 Itn not spelled with a hyfin Bobby

Posted by HalfEmpty 2005-08-19 16:56|| 2005-08-19 16:56|| Front Page Top

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