Is the surge working? Is there a site with stats on this?

[ORDagnabbit]

thanks

[ORDagnabbit]

1. anyone??? trying to counter a righties view that it is.

[peacebird]

3. I'm don't think so - found some articles but no specific site - hope they help

WASHINGTON, DC, United States (UPI) -- U.S. fatality rates in Iraq are staying stable, but the rate at which American soldiers are being wounded is rising.
As of Wednesday, March 21, 3,222 U.S. troops had been killed in Iraq since the start of military operations to topple Saddam Hussein on March 19, 2003. Of these, 2,601 were killed in action according to official figures issued by the U.S. Department of Defense.
In all, 67 U.S. soldiers were killed in action in the 22 day period from Feb. 28 through March 21, 2007 at an average rate of just over three per day.
This marked a marginal rise in the U.S. military fatality rate compared to the 79 U.S. soldiers killed in the 27 day period from Feb. 1 through Feb. 27 at an average rate of just over 2.93 per day. Those figures were almost identical to the previous 27 day period when 78 U.S. troops were killed from Jan. 4 through Jan. 31 at an average rate of 2.81 per day.
http://news.monstersandcritics.com/usa/features/article_1281636.php/Benchmarks_US_wounded_rates_rise_in_Iraq

One Responsible Antiwar Democrat
By Ben Johnson
FrontPageMagazine.com | March 22, 2007
IT MAY BE THE RETURN OF A loyal opposition.
What separates a statesman from a politician is the foresight to place the national interest above fleeting partisan advantage – even at the cost of sharp reprisals from one’s colleagues. In that sense, Rep. Howard Berman, D-CA, is the statesman of the antiwar Left. In the most pitched partisan atmosphere in recent memory, he has crafted a bill that, if enacted, may well end the Iraq War – with strict deadlines for withdrawal – that is nonetheless deliberative in its scope and responsible in its execution.

In his words, H.R. 1263, “The Iraq Benchmarks Act,” “gives one final, definite opportunity for the mission to be successful.”<1> Most striking about the bill is the fact that it would reorient the debate over withdrawal around verifiable conditions on the ground. “It takes the president’s goals in undertaking the surge, codifies those goals in general terms as benchmarks, and insists on finding that those goals have been met or that substantial progress has been in achieving those goals,” Berman said. “And it provides a Congressional role…to determine whether progress has been made.”

His bill would force the president to report to Congress by July 1 on progress made in stabilizing the Iraqi political front: that the Maliki government has made strides to provide equal security for Sunnis and Shi’ites and “the even-handed delivery of services and resources to all Iraqis.” By October 1, the president would have to show a decrease in sectarian violence. Congress would review this data every 90 days, and if goals are not met – if the surge fails – then the war would be deescalated within six months.
http://frontpagemagazine.com/Articles/ReadArticle.asp?ID=27518

[ORDagnabbit]

5. cool thanks...every little bit helps

[Annces]

2. For some reason, your name really stays ringing in my ears

Or Dagnabbit, or Dagnabbit over and over.

[ORDagnabbit]

4. LOL..thanks.... loved the poem....yours?

[Annces]

6. Yes

Thanks for the compliment.

[Nutmegger]

7. http://icasualties.org/oif/

It's not working.

Clickable link: http://icasualties.org/oif/

[qanda]

8. I heard a report earlier on CBS that talked about less bombings

And then the reporter went on to say that it's worse than it's ever been. So, I really couldn't get a feel for it if was better or worse. However, there have always been peaks and lulls in the violence over there. It would take months of consistent peace for us to know that anything is working.

[RUMMYisFROSTED]

9. It's working like a charm.

Is there a site with certain people's bank accounts?