Unfortunately, the surge is only making a dent. You'd think it would be more successful seeing all the bad guys have fled the city or been told to lie low for awhile. There have been more attacks outside Baghdad, some in towns once considered models of reconstruction. I wonder if the Baghdad surge will cause more problems for people living outside that city?
It's so obvious we can't control the on-going slaughter of civilian Iraqis, even though that's our responsibilty as an occupier. Everyone keeps saying our soldiers are dying in order to help the Iraqi people, but most Iraqis would rather take their chances with their own enemies or factions than with this on-going mess. The kindest thing in the long run for the Iraqi people would be for us to leave. They might end up oppressed again, but hey, so many say they were better off under the evil dictator than they are today. Funny thing is they are probably right.
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Last Thursday or Friday
Last Thursday or Friday there were numbers to indicate that the death toll outside Bagdad has risen 50% swince the surge started. Its like the rubber toys where you squeeze here and the toy expands there, except it is lives this time.
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