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To: Mr. Palau who wrote (61338)	7/28/2007 12:44:54 PM
From: jlallen	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 90947

Screw him....Petraeus is the best hope for turning things around....Al Maliki should concentrate on his own troubles....

To: Mr. Palau who wrote (61338)	7/28/2007 3:57:52 PM
From: Sully-	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 90947

Surge up, U.S. deaths down By donsurber on War I don’t know if the Surge is working or not. I am not in Iraq. But Thomas Frank of USA Today reported that U.S. casualties are at their lowest number in the past year. Wait a second, I thought more fighting means more deaths. But the chart shows otherwise. How can this be? Thomas reported: <<< “This is what we thought would happen once we took control of the safe havens” used by insurgents and militias, Lt. Gen. Ray Odierno said Thursday. “We’ve now taken control of those areas.” Though he called the drop in U.S. deaths an “initial positive sign,” Odierno cautioned, “I need a bit more time to see if it’s a true trend or not.” The Pentagon has reported 61 U.S. troop deaths in combat and non-combat incidents from July 1 through Thursday — a rate that projects to a death toll of 70-80 troops by the end of the month. >>> Oh and the July death toll is inflated by an unusually high number of traffic fatalities. So how are civilians taking it? Thomas reported: <<< The recent decline in U.S. deaths may result from increased cooperation from Iraqis who report suspected militant activity, said Dennis McBride, executive director of the Potomac Institute for Policy Studies in suburban Washington. “We may be approaching a tipping point in terms of snitching,” McBride said. “It can become not only OK to snitch, it can become your duty to snitch.” >>> The frustrating thing is no one is keeping score of how many terrorists died at the hands of the allies. The nearest I can find is Chuck Simmins’ America’s North Coast Journal which reported enemy deaths were 6 times U.S. deaths in the first 2 weeks of the month. Small wonder the Democrats want to bring our troops — and the war — home: We might actually win in Iraq. But there is hope for Democrats. Both the Marine Times and the London Daily Telegraph report that the Iraqi prime minister wants President Bush to recall Gen. David Petraeus. The Telegraph reported: <<< Gen Petraeus admitted that the relationship was stormy, saying: “We have not pulled punches with each other.” >>> Bush will fire Petraeus right after the Tampa Bay Devil Rays win the pennant. Hat tip: Lucianne.com. lucianne.com blogs.dailymail.com usatoday.com usatoday.com northshorejournal.org marinecorpstimes.com telegraph.co.uk