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2007 Deadliest Year In Iraq

November 8th, 2007

If this year is the deadliest year in Iraq, with two months still remaining to boot; can we now not definitively say that the surge was a failure?

This is what happens when you just half-ass things, and go through the motions. They should have done a real surge of 50,000 or more, or not surged at all. Doing in between doesn’t get the job done and only sets up more people to die or be serverly injured.

Thanks for the window dressing Bush.

6 more deaths make 2007 most deadly year in Iraq
But U.S. casualties on a recent downturn
Associated Press

BAGHDAD –The U.S. military announced six new deaths Tuesday, making 2007 the bloodiest year for American troops in Iraq despite a recent decline in casualties and a sharp drop in roadside bombings that Washington links to Iran.

With nearly two months left in the year, the annual toll is now 853 — three more than the previous worst of 850 in 2004.

But the grim milestone comes as the Pentagon points toward other encouraging signs as well — growing security in Baghdad and other former militant strongholds that could help consolidate the gains against extremists.

www.bnd.com/news/nation/story/172376.html

Sure, everything’s getting better and victory is right around the corner; “the insurgency is in their last throws”, we just have to finish off the final few “deadenders”. They’ve said this exact same crap for about 2 or 3 years. Every six months we’re almost there, Bagdad is just about secure, and things are really just about to get better.

All we have to do is capture Sadam; all we have to do is hold free elections, all we have to do is hand the government over to the Iraqis, all we have to do is give the surge a chance to work, all we have to do is this, and all we have to do is that, and everything remains the same or gets worst.

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