Constitution Club

Not Again

Posted in The Iraq War by Andre the Defiant on April 29th, 2007

You guys think I take some perverse pleasure in these stories, but I honestly don’t.

The death toll for Iraqi civilians and American forces rose Saturday as a car bomb ripped through crowds of worshipers in the Shiite shrine city of Karbala, killing at least 60 people, and U.S. military authorities reported the deaths of nine soldiers and Marines.

I just wish we had never begun this fool’s errand.

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  1. DFV the Scribe said, on April 29th, 2007 at 8:53 am

    If you are really interested in an analysis of the goings on in Iraq, instead of just a day by day emotional response, read Reuel Marc Gerecht’s in depth reporting on the effects of the surge so far.

    If you really want to know the nature and root of the current violence in Iraq, read Fred Kagan’s analysis

    The current discussion is confused by a misunderstanding of the rise in violence that has occurred recently. The spate of car-bombs and suicide bombs, which the New York Times describes as “sectarian violence” and which many point to as evidence of the current strategy’s failure, are very different from the sectarian strife we saw raging at the start of this year…. Al Qaeda, a Sunni group, has conducted many of the recent attacks against fellow Sunnis in Anbar and elsewhere who have started to fight the terrorists. These attacks are not sectarian violence, but al Qaeda’s attempts to regain its footing in its former strongholds or to establish bases in new areas. The current wave of violence is a surge by the one force fighting in Iraq that has declared its intention to destroy the United States. It is a surge in terrorist killing by the organization that almost every leading congressman believes America should be fighting. It is not evidence that sectarian violence is uncontrollable or that the Maliki government won’t make concessions. It is evidence that our implacable foe is not ready to lose yet. Timelines for withdrawal can only encourage this enemy, which has always believed that killing enough people will drive the Americans away.

    And if you want to know the dire consequences of your retreat and surrender plan, then read my analysis from yesterday.

  2. Dave the Infidel Sage said, on April 29th, 2007 at 4:51 pm

    It’s nice to see that Andre is suddenly concerned about the actions of Al Qaeda, though why we seem to be getting some residual blame still for their war of carnage against civlians. We shouldn’t be surprise. Remember 9-11? This is about par for the course for them. And I hope we manage to kill a few hundred more before the Dems make us leave.

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