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Politics : Don't Blame Me, I Voted For Kerry -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Dan B. who wrote (81064)	12/14/2006 2:12:14 PM
From: sea_biscuit	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 81568

Yeah, too silly. Like the silly adventure in Vietnam that cost us tens of thousands of lives.

To: Dan B. who wrote (81064)	12/14/2006 3:37:41 PM
From: sea_biscuit	Respond to of 81568

Iraq war: Claims and realities Cheney: 09/2006 "If we had to do it over again we would do exactly the same thing." "I know we've made tactical errors, thousands of them." —Rice, 03/2006. Cheney, 08/2006: "Progress has been steady." "Attacks against the coalition and its Iraqi partners reached an all time high during July 2006." — US Gov. Accounting Office, 09/2006 Bush, 05/2006. "We have now reached a turning point in the struggle between freedom and terror." "Iraqi casualties increase 42% in three months after this "turning point." —Dept. of Defense. 08/2006. Bush, 08/2006. "This is a turning point for the Iraqi citizens." The new prime-minister-designate Maliki, with close ties to Iran, soon critized the US Army for attacking a Shiite death squad. Sources Cheney, 03/2006. "Q: Do you still believe the insurgency is in its final throes? Cheney: Yes." "Insurgency remains strong and resilient" —GAO, 9/2006. "... remains potent and viable." —DOD, 8/2006. Cheney, 12/2005. "The elections were the turning point. … 2005 was the turning point." "The December 2005 elections appeared to heighten sectarian tensions,' according to the Director of the Defense Intelligence Agency (DIA). Sources Bush, 12/2005. "2005 will be recorded as a turning point in the history of Iraq ... and the history of freedom." Sectarian killings turned up sharply after the 2005 election. —DOD Cheney, 5/2005. "They're in the last throes, if you will, of the insurgency." zFact: Car bombing had reached a new high, US fatalities had doubled since March and Gen. Myers had warned that insurgencies last up to nine years. Sources Bush, 5/2005. "You got to keep repeating things over and over and over ... to kind of catapult the propaganda." On 77 occasions for "Iraqis stand up/we stand down." Rumsfeld, 2/2005. "On January 30th in Iraq, the world witnessed ... a major turning point." Daily Iraqi casualties increased from 50 before the election to 58 after the election, and 117 a year later. —Defense Dept. Bush, 1/2005. "Tomorrow the world will witness a turning point in the history of Iraq." The election was boycotted by Sunnis, which resulted in a takeover by sectarian Shiites. Cheney, 6/2004. "Two days ahead of schedule, the world witnessed the arrival of a free and sovereign Iraq." It was early and in secret, because they were afraid of the insurgents. Bush, 6/2004. "A turning point will come two weeks from today." "sovereignty" changed little, and did not slow escalating Iraqi casualties. Bush, 11/2003. "We've reached another great turning point." The insurgents were rapidly gaining strength, with more US fatalities this month than in any previous month. Rumsfeld, 7/2003. "I don't do quagmires." Troop levels fell to 115,000 in Feb. 2004, and are up to 147,000 in Sept. 2006. Bush, 5/2005. "Good news to the men and women who fought ... their mission is complete." Wolfowitz, 3/2003. Iraq: "can really finance its own reconstruction." It has cost the US over $325 billion. Cheney, 3/2003. "I think it'll go relatively quickly, …Weeks rather than months." It will be 190 weeks, on Nov. 7, 2006 Adelman, 2/2002. "Liberating Iraq would be a cakewalk."