[Tolik]

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[kellynla]

I hope everyone will keep the troops in their prayers.


Semper Fi,
Kelly

[KeyLargo]

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Did Bush's speech last night convince you it is essential to send more troops to Iraq?
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Yes 7 21%
No 26 79%
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[Tolik]

...So let’s win in pursuit of victory, and everything else will sort itself out

i.e. There is no substitute for victory

[hlmencken3]

Pres. Bush has been so sufficiently neutered that he will order a backdown by forces in Iraq as soon as the first MSM hit pieces whine about 'targeting civilians'.

Then GWB will spend the rest of his term on his 'legacy' - more taxes and regulations.

[PolishProud]

The good and bad news of Bush's surge: The bad news, the MSM and the Democrats have invested too much in the administrations failure and no matter how well this new plan works, it will be defined as a defeat. The good news, with the embed of troops in the Iraq army, any loss can be blamed on the Iraqis as the US cuts and runs.

[ANGGAPO]

My understanding is that the gloves are off, alSadr and his army have become targets for terror, our rules of combat have been explained to Iraq's president. Based on this I can support the increase in troop level.

[Billthedrill]

Moqtada al-Sadr would be well advised to back down just as fast as his pudgy little feet can carry him but I don't think he's going to do it. This one is likely to get very messy and the shrieking in the MSM is going to go up a hundred decibels. Lots of civilian casualties because the Mehdi army is going to use them as human shields. We're going to take some casualties and we'd better be ready for the usual "Bush's war" crap and plenty of crocodile tears from the antiwar left.

HERE is a set of satellite images of Sadr's last little encounter with the U.S. armed forces. The Imam Ali mosque stands to be a re-enactment of Monte Cassino, and if that acts as a symbol of how far the U.S. is prepared to go to combat those who have used Islam as a firing position, so be it. They'll scream. Let them scream.