Iraq Milestone: Obama's fault, too?Follow

No, this is clearly the result of W's surge.

The more relevant statistic, I think, is that the civlian death count was approx halved from 2008 to 2009. Fewer military casualties could easily be written off as a sign of decreasing US military presence.

Wow are you guys so desperate to give Obama some kind of Victory that you will actually claim this is the result of something he did?

Combat deaths in Iraq have been steadily declining for more than a year and long before Barry got into office and yes it is due in large part to the surge. The same surge Obama said would not work.

Seriously? You think no deaths are a result of people not hating Obama as much as Bush? Say that out loud and see how ridiculous it sounds.

Does Obama being a smoker make you hate smokers less?

Their sharpshooters probably had colds which messed up their aim.

Well, he's not a total asѕhole to other nations, to start. That's pretty easy for someone to emulate.

Edited, Jan 4th 2010 11:13am by catwho

Actually, this is a legitimate point. One of the main causes of the Islamic insurgency is continued aggression and interference from the West in Middle Eastern affairs. When we put a rational, understanding black man in the White House who says we will stop our policies of bombing brown people, then it does go a long way towards easing their hatred. They just want to be left alone. And since we invaded and occupied under questionable, at best, pretexts, helping them rebuild and buggering out is the best course of action.

Odd, I thought they hated Israel because of its aggressive tendencies, imperialistic movements in the region, and their widespread and undisguised hatred of the Palestinian people. It must be because they're not as tan, though!




Yup, and the world at large is behind THAT war. It was Iraq that really fucked over America's reputation in the international stage.


Funny you mention this, because this is exactly what my pastor said good Christians should do. Select quotes included "we are in a war, a war which Christ must win," "Christianity should be spread like a helpful varusvirus," and "You can only be a good Christian by spreading your faith to others; failing to do so means you're failing Christ."

And I go to a modern church, haha! At least they have good music.



I find your revision of history interesting. I seem to recall the US shouting we know they have WMDs, the world saying "give them more time, they're no threat to us right now," and the US going in anyway and then finding out that, oh, j/k on the WMDs, we lied. I missed where Saddam broke the ceasefire this time, although I believe he was slowing inspections. And no, I don't care for your rebuttal on this; you've stated your thoughts quite clearly. I'm just amused to see how reality varies. Must be based on our information sources.

Two unconnected event varus. Also I thought you guys went into Iraq because they had WMD's.

No, apparently that was just a convenient lie they told to the American people. As was the terrorist connection. The real motivation behind the Iraqi invasion was the Bush family legacy oil to help liberate the Iraqi population.

I think that's varus' line now, but it's hard to keep track.

Hahahahah... Sorry. This quote perfectly encapsulates the silliness of the "don't invade Iraq" side of the issue, but probably not in the way you meant.