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2006-01-10 Iraq

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Posted by Dan Darling 2006-01-10 02:16|| || Front Page|| [4 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 Millions of Iraqis voted..Bush's poll numbers went up..The Insurgents Paused,
then proceeded with their killing & maiming. havent we seen this before? There is a pattern to it.
The more things change, the more they stay the same.

Posted by BirdDog 2006-01-10 10:59|| 2006-01-10 10:59|| Front Page Top

#2 The more things change...

Except that with each iteration more Iraqis (and Afghanis, in their turn) choose ballots over bullets. And with each iteration Al Jazeera comes closer to truth-telling, and the neighborhood tyrants feel their thrones wobble a bit more.

Posted by trailing wife 2006-01-10 12:26|| 2006-01-10 12:26|| Front Page Top

#3 the more things stay the same...

The insurgency appears to be getting stronger,
not weaker, despite the voting.

Posted by BirdDog 2006-01-10 12:44|| 2006-01-10 12:44|| Front Page Top

#4 Oh, judging by the number of BOMBS, I would agree. When it comes to discouraging people from participating in the new government, it is not. You judge which is more important in the long run.

Posted by Ptah">Ptah 2006-01-10 12:54|| http://www.crusaderwarcollege.org]">[http://www.crusaderwarcollege.org] 2006-01-10 12:54|| Front Page Top

#5 If you have a new government, with a continually growing, violent insurgency, what do you think will happen in the future, especially when the U.S. leaves?

Posted by BirdDog 2006-01-10 13:46|| 2006-01-10 13:46|| Front Page Top

#6 Look for my name in all the news. It's what violence does now. Surge. It used to cycle, but surge is this year's cycle.

Posted by Surging Violence 2006-01-10 14:17|| 2006-01-10 14:17|| Front Page Top

#7 Three of the eight soldiers killed in the Blackhawk crash were members of the 3rd ACR, stationed here in Colorado Springs, at Fort Carson. The names haven't been released yet. They'll probably be in tomorrow's Gazette. The local newspaper does a good job of covering the Iraq and Afghanistan theaters, and isn't quite as leftist as most newspapers.

Posted by Old Patriot">Old Patriot 2006-01-10 19:00|| http://oldpatriot.blogspot.com/]">[http://oldpatriot.blogspot.com/] 2006-01-10 19:00|| Front Page Top

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