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.
Donks believe the 4000th life lost has more political value than the 3901st. Donks are mentally ill traitors.
” they must be watching at some level to have noticed the 4,000 death.”
They’ve just been waitin’ for this! I have this mental picture of vultures circling above a soldier dying in the desert. Wish I knew a conservative political cartoonist!
4,000.
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.
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Yeah, let’s get some perspective....if your silly attempt to marginalize the situation were based on population and per capita data, there would be over 5 million traffic deaths per year and close to three million flu-related fatalities per anum.
Ummm, do you see the flaw in your logic yet?
Don’t pass off the sacrifice of these heroes as anything less than tragic, please.
Losing the war by quitting will not honor them at all. It will say that their sacrifice was pointless, and that will be a bitter hole in their hearts for the remainder of their lives.
It will add immeasurably to the grief of the grieving.
Those figures are false. If you follow the link at the catholiccitizens.org site http://www.fas.org/sgp/crs/natsec/RL32492.pdf you will see the correct figures, which come from this document http://siadapp.dmdc.osd.mil/personnel/CASUALTY/Death_Rates.pdf (which has a .mil in the URL)
Total military deaths
1980 2,392
1981 2,380
1982 2,319
1983 2,465
1984 1,999
1985 2,252
1986 1,984
1987 1,983
1988 1,819
1989 1,636
1990 1,507
1991 1,787
1992 1,293
1993 1,213
1994 1,075
1995 1,040
1996 974
1997 817
1998 827
1999 796
2000 758
2001 891
2002 999
2003 1,410
2004 1,873
2005 1,941
2006 1,875
The worse the USA is portrayed, the greatest glory for the leftist loons in the DNC. Too bad that the media talks down our economy as well as our military incursions against Islamofascism round the globe. Wonder if any of these loons went to church on Easter and repented of their evil lies?
Strange the Democrats have been in charge of the govt now for a year and a half... What they want no responsibilty for the economic angst? Thats leadership? What a farce if America can’t see how absolutely dangerous the rats are then America is asking for it.
I have this idea that on news of the 4,000 US death in Iraq the liberal-Media just rolled over, hit the 'snooze button', and intends to sleep until 'the number' reaches 5,000. There is just no context given when they report these numbers.
Zero.
I would like to see someone find a number of US cities run by Democrats with a total population of the major cities in Iraq and tell us how many have died violent deaths in those cities during the same time period!
Democrats are trolls. Using troop casualties for their campaign slogans is just the latest example.
Good for America = Bad For Dems...and vice versa.
Hence, my tagline.
Meanwhile in Kosovo, American Troops are still waiting to exit and only if we had killed Bin Laden in the 1990’s and not launching Wars of Choice against Christian Nations there might not have been a 9-11 or the need to invade Iraq.
Barack [Redacted] Obama, the candidate of hope!
I can think of no better reason to be proud of the fact that I left that reprehensible, disgusting, freedom-hating party many years ago. They are revolting.
Yeah, and if you told any lib that you were from a town of 4,000 people you’d be insignificant and a hick.
Thanks, MD. Just printed out for reading later. Notice date 2/07: before the surge. If I take author’s point correctly from the title, it is even more poignant today.
Thank you for posting this!!
Facts don’t lie -
But then - Truth is wasted on Dimms!
They don’t go by facts!
They go by feelings (Clinton- “I FEEL your pain!”)!
How appropriate! The ‘rats certainly are living in the year 2000!
And to think that we still don’t have a draft! I volunteered over 24 years ago and still love to wear the uniform every day-—Active Duty Army.
“I volunteered over 24 years ago and still love to wear the uniform every day-—Active Duty Army.”
God Bless you and your family for protecting this great Nation!
As a former Air Force Officer, I salute you.
Lets see:
5 years - 4,000 deaths. - in combat.
OK, WHat about during the Clinton years (not under combat):
8-years - approx 14,000 deaths. WTF?
Only the scum of the earth celebrate when someone dies.
Rush is ‘eib.net’
I see their point.
I'd say what was on my mind except that I'd get banned for it :)
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