CondiLiar says the insurgency in Iraq is "LOSING STEAM"!

[leftchick]

Another "last throes" comment from the WH regime that doesn't deal with facts, just their own twisted fantasies. And what an insult to military families that are losing loved ones in IraqNam.


US says Iraq insurgency 'losing steam' despite heavy casualties

WASHINGTON (AFP) - The United States continued to put the best face on its efforts to dislodge a violent, entrenched insurgency in Iraq, despite a fortnight of heavy US losses there.

Although at least 38 American military personnel have died over the past eleven days in Iraq, US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice said in an interview published in Time magazine that the insurgency in Iraq is "losing steam."

<snip>

Nonetheless, Rice told Time that Iraq's "rather quiet political progress" remains on track, and that the insurgents will eventually be defeated politically and militarily.

"If you think about how to defeat an insurgency, you defeat it not just militarily but politically," Rice said.

"It's a lot easier to see the violence and suicide bombing than to see the rather quiet political progress that's going on in parallel," she said.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20050807/wl_mideast_afp/usiraqmilitaryforces_050807192251;_

[theshadow]

1. I'm sure the widows and orphans in Ohio will be...

... relieved to hear that.

This reminds me of the pathetic statements made during Viet Nam.

[joanne]

3. How can even the dumbest person believe a word these morons say?

:shrug:

[Randypiper]

18. Exactly

This administration's lies are losing steam.

[uppityperson]

2. "rather quiet political progress" yah, like my rather quiet lottery win

or my rather quiet world takeover progress, or my rather quiet trip to the moon or my rather quiet bazillion other things that aren't happening.

[flamin lib]

4. Will the last soldier out of Iraq please turn off the light at the end of

the tunnel . . .

[rateyes]

5. Which means that very soon...

they will add more coals to the fire!! Can't they see that the longer we stay over there, the more enemies we make?

[flyingfysh]

6. I used to hear the same nonsense about Vietnam

They used to say that Tet showed that the opposition was almost finished.

[kentuck]

7. Is that the same as the "last throes"?

That is really heartening news.

[joemurphy]

11. The fact is, for every Iraqi insurgent we kill, we create 10 more.

Iraq is an Arab society where the "blood feud" rule operates. If
an insurgent is killed, his family members will feel compelled to take up arms to revenge him. Some U.S. generals (usually speaking candidly and off the record) have said this. It might be different if it were Iraqis killing Iraqis, here. Then the blood-feud equation might start to equal out. But it's Americans killing Iraqis.

We're just exacerbating an already bad situation in Iraq. I see no alternative but to cut our losses and pull out, funding the Iraqi government that we create to take our place, and hoping for the best.

Personally, all I see coming out of our triumphal march to Baghdad to get rid of Saddam is: (1) a new Kurdish state emerging that will spell trouble for Turkey, Syria, and Iran; (2) a civil war erupting between Sunnis (funded by Saudi Arabia and Syria) and Shia (funded by Iran; and/or (3) a rump Iraq divided between the Kurds, the Sunnis, and the Shia that will be quarreling over oil resources for years to come. The likely victors will be Shias who will be closely aligned with Iran, and the Kurds who are the best armed and cohesive group in the country. The Sunnis will be left armed and embittered and will fight with the Shia. There will be trouble in Iraq for years into the future.

We'll see. I'm saving this post to see how prescient I turn out to be.

[noamnety]

8. "sent to Iraq as combat was winding down"

March 17, 2004 - USA Today. http://www.usatoday.com/news/world/iraq/2004-03-17-may-03-glimpses_x.htm

"As combat winds down in Iraq"
April 15, 2003: WSJ classroom edition
http://www.wsjclassroomedition.com/wsjtoday/war/03apr15_story3.html

"As the war in Iraq winds down"
April 14, 2003 American Forces Press Service
http://www.defense.gov/news/Apr2003/n04142003_200304144.html

"The US government Wednesday lowered the national terror alert from the second highest level to the middle level of a five-color alert system, suggesting the threat of terrorism linked to the war in Iraq has abated."
April 17, 2003
http://english.people.com.cn/200304/17/eng20030417_115306.shtml

[Tom Yossarian Joad]

9. I read this earlier... My first thought was "these people have no

compunction for the truth."

They think of us like cattle.

[linazelle]

10. "Best face" huh? Why not just call it lipstick on the pig? n/t

[aquart]

12. Switching to solar power?

Condi has such a loose relationship with truth. No wonder Georgie likes her.

[gratuitous]

13. 38 dead in a week, that's losing steam

I guess they're now cookin' with gas. I know why these liars in this corrupt administration say what they say; the truth is too awful. I just object to the complicity of the media in quoting what they say without mentioning how asinine the comments are.

[spanone]

14. ...and Rice is losing her mind.

[jaysunb]

15. How do you spell " delusional ? "

n/t

[Lefty48197]

16. Contbelieveya

You're a proven liar, Conti, and now you're starting to look pretty silly. Drink some more kool aid. It's good for you.

[AuntPatsy]

17. Thats funny? I could have sworn today on Cspan Rummy

announced that we can not leave anytime soon because of the growing insurgency?

Do these people never get together and compare notes?

[w8liftinglady]

19. The continued Mindf*ck...

..by continually altering and throwing conflicting stories out there....kind of like the shell game.

[DemonFighterLives]

21. He looks so young

This Goofy administration has finally come up with a sorta new meme.
Losing steam, I think they mean losing interest. The new shaped charge supposedly came from Iran or whatever. Soon the dubya gang will turn their stealth and cruise missiles on the next foe and will try to obfuscate the people still losing lives in Iraq.
Vultures of Life and Condi is looking oh so presidential in their freeping minds.
:freak:

[in_cog_ni_to]

20. They think if they just SAY something, it's true.

How many troops died this week, Condiliar??? Wake the hell up and you might like to know that many of us don't buy your bullshit lies like your mindless, ignorant sheeple do. :grr:

[Bluebear]

22. Well said. nt

[leftchick]

23. damn straight in_cog_ni_to

:grr:

[SoCalDem]

24. Connect the dots and you have a facsimile of Iraq

Like Lady Macbeth...(only with "beauty marks")

[seabeyond]

25. is that quiet politics the kurds refusing the constitution or the islamic

rule to take away womans rights. do tell us about this quiet political process