Picture of the Day - 2
As 4,700 US troops are transferred to Baghdad apparently to crack down on the Shia militias, Sadr's Mahdi army is preparing for the conflict, too.
(AFP) More than 100,000 white-clad Shiites marched through Baghdad in a noisy rally in support of Lebanon's Hezbollah militia, as US commanders warned of a slide towards civil war......
Demonstrators wore white to symbolize the burial shroud and their readiness for martyrdom.
(AP) Carrying effigies of U.S. President George W. Bush, British Prime Minister Tony Blair and Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert ....(AP) Hundreds of thousands of Shiites chanting "Death to Israel" and "Death to America" marched through the streets of Baghdad's biggest Shiite district....Iraqi government television said the Defense Ministry had approved the demonstration....
Look. We can't win this one.
I understand that means admitting you were wrong, Mr. Bush, but whether you admit it today, or in two years, the outcome has already been decided. It's just a matter of how many you're willing to let die in the interim for your politics and your ego.
posted by mikevotes at
8:50 AM
4 Comments:
It looks like that kind of admission will only come from a Bush replacement.
By
Cartledge, at 10:28 AM
Yeah. It says alot about the man.
Mike
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mikevotes, at 2:43 PM
With Vietnam, we let almost 60,000 die before we were able to face reality. And to tell the truth, I'm not at all sure the next president is going to be able to pull us out.
By
Anonymous, at 7:55 PM
I think they may have to. Because, Murtha was right, the military is breaking, so they either have to drawdown forces or withdraw over the next year or else somehow greatly increase recruiting or institute a draft.
I think we're slowly coming to a point where that decision will have to be made almost independent of what happens on the ground.
Mike
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mikevotes, at 8:46 PM
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