A bombing? That's a phucking phrist.

But...but...but, everything is going so much better......

This is sad. I see that the surge is going GREEEEEEEEEEAT!

Seriously, this is just sad. This will go on for centuries wether we are there, or not.

Horrible. I think USA Today has egg on their face after their front-page headline from yesterday--especially the last paragraph--

Major attacks down 50% in Iraq

USA TODAY's Jim Michaels reports this morning that major attacks are down in Iraq.

The number of large-scale attacks has fallen 50% since the U.S. military began sending more troops to Baghdad and other cities, according to the story.

"The high-profile attacks — generally large bombs hitting markets, mosques or other 'soft' targets that produce mass casualties — have dropped to about 70 in July from a high during the past year of about 130 in March, according to the Multi-National Force — Iraq," Michaels reports.

Military officials say the drop has led to more assistance from tribal leaders and civilians, who have been passing along tips about militants and terrorist activity.

"Tribes and people are starting to stand up and fight back," says Brig. Gen. Mick Bednarek, deputy commander of the U.S. division north of Baghdad. "They are turning against al-Qaeda."

As we told you last week, public support appears to be growing for the so-called "surge" policy that has resulted in temporary increases in the number of American combat troops based in Iraq.

It'll be interesting seeing who they blame for this. Can they blame al-Qaeda and Iran at the same time?

I am so embarrassed to be an American. What has my country done?

Nyc W. Alberts @ 7:

Tweety Bird just announced this breaking news on Hardball as....

"Exciting news out of Iraq".

In the words of Eminem:

"Strap him with an Ak-47, let him go, fight his own war
Let him impress daddy that way
No more blood for oil, we got our own battles to fight on our own soil
No more psychological warfare, to trick us to thinking that we ain't loyal
If we don't serve our own country, we're patronizing a hero
Look in his eyes its all lies
The stars and stripes, they've been swiped, washed out and wiped
And replaced with his own face, Mosh now or die
If I get sniped tonight you know why,
Cause I told you to fight."

God, these people make me so ill.

~Nyc

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I would be the last person on earth to defend Tweety, but his newscast(?) are recorded
early in the day, so what you saw was probably a tape and the recent development in
Iraq occurred after he did his usual BS show..

Did Chris really use the word "exciting"? If he did, he is one sick son of a bitch.

Jesus, what the hell has been done in our name and how do we ever make it up to those people for using their country, their front yard and their homes so we could fight our freakin' bloody war there so we wouldn't mess things up over here. It was a sin and it always will be.

My guess is that they'll find out that one of the bombers had a cousin who knew a guy whose uncle once sold a pair of shoes to someone who may have known a butcher who sold a lambchop to a member of al-Qaeda so it must be al-Qaeda affiliated.

Did we turn another corner with this attack? Just how many deaths makes a corner anyway?

You know a better president and a better man would not take another day vacation if he fucked up as bad as George Bush has. But not Commander Guy. He doesn't give two shits about all of his fuck ups, the trillion dollars we are paying for his lie based war, and the countless thousands of innocents who have lost life and limb because of his incompetence and deceit. This lying, lazy, incompetent, low life of a vacation president is enjoying his time off in Kennebunkport unfazed by all the death and destruction he has caused.

Never worked for anything his whole life. Never been held accountable for his decisions. Not then, not now.

I find it amazing that Bush can make a total monster like Saddam seem like the lesser evil, that Saddam's dictatorship under international sanctions now looks like the good old days.

Come on, stop reporting on the bombing of the day, it depresses the good people of America...
Thank you Laura B. I feel better now.

These maybe the lucky ones after reading this:
http://www.gnn.tv/headlines/15058/Baghdad_Without_Water

Send the recalled lead painted toys to Al Caeda.

The terrorists will suffer memory loss and forget how to build bombs.

Ruthless People @ 23:

You know a better president and a better man would not take another day vacation if he fucked up as bad as George Bush has. But not Commander Guy. He doesn't give two shits about all of his fuck ups, the trillion dollars we are paying for his lie based war, and the countless thousands of innocents who have lost life and limb because of his incompetence and deceit. This lying, lazy, incompetent, low life of a vacation president is enjoying his time off in Kennebunkport unfazed by all the death and destruction he has caused.

Never worked for anything his whole life. Never been held accountable for his decisions. Not then, not now.

But History will haunt him and his name for eternity...his kids are stupid,but not that stupid..surely they have some friends who think that Herr Dubya...has screwed up.

credit where credit is due....it was either Snowball,Strawberry or Pissed off Patricia who said.............Surge = Escalation......yep.

Isnt it something.

We have the same Main Stream Media and media pundits we had before the war started, the same media that was embedded, and the SAME media pundits that are still talking that got us into the mess in the first place.

The so called "media" does not give a consistent true voice to the Real experts, the soldiers, veterans, their familes, professors or global affair experts - the ones that have had it RIGHT from the beginning:

Informed Comment Global Affairs:
http://icga.blogspot.com
http://www.antiwar.com

a site from a man and his concerned friends who traveled around the country over a year ago
who helped to give voice to soldiers and veterans who have all been through this before.
http://www.neilyoung.com/lwwtoday/index.html

You see ladies and gentlemen? Things are getting Better!

:-(

IMPEACH.

Gore/Obama/Anyone but Bush '08

Carmikl @ 10:

It'll be interesting seeing who they blame for this. Can they blame al-Qaeda and Iran at the same time?

Why would they do that? We all know it's the Clinton's fault. O'Hanlon is probably saying, "Never mind that puff of smoke; nothing to see there, everything’s wonderful!"

Sinto @ 40:

It's obvious the surge has failed.

God doesn't exist in a world where something as horrible as this can happen. Just pull the troops all out and let the chips fall where they may in Iraq. They don't want a democracy, just get out now and leave Iraq to it's own devices, capture and kill Osama Bin Laden and just let the crazies in the Middle East destroy each other.

The people in the Middle East are NUTS! So just let them sort this whole bloody mess out themselves. Screw Iraq and screw the Middle East. We are only making it worse by staying in that cesspool.

Too bad presdent dickwad didn't ask if the wanted democracy before he bombed the hell out of them. Actually, to bad he didn't give Americans the chance to keep their democracy. If the people in the middle east are nuts, what do you call the 60 or 80% of Americans that backed bushco while they thought you were winning?
The US has already screwed Iraq. It has already screwed the middle east. You broke it, you fix it. Get out and send money.
As for Bin Laden, look for him in some palace in Saudi, not in any cave in Afghanistan.

Johnny2bad @ 38:

WWKS (What would Kristol Say)..."Hey, it's not in the "surge" area...Things are better. Moral is high. Its still working."

Hey, don't give Faux Noise any suggestions/help in reporting this most recent event.
I can already see/hear Brit Hummm, Barnes, Gibson, O'Liely and Hannity saying exactly
that..."This did not happen in the "surge" area" therefore the surge is working". Almost
repeativite of when Shiites fought Shiites day before yesterday in the South of Iraq..
"well it was not in Bagdah where we have the additional troops to quell the insurgents"
What BS Faux Noise and ALL of the MSM speews forth; lies and misinformation.

Badr Brigade is buying machine guns from the Italian mafia. I was reading about it at Juan Cole's blog. He thinks the Badr and Mahdi militias are getting set to throw down. Sounds like we'll need another splurge!

pissed off patricia @ 16:

Did Chris really use the word "exciting"? If he did, he is one sick son of a bitch.

Jesus, what the hell has been done in our name and how do we ever make it up to those people for using their country, their front yard and their homes so we could fight our freakin' bloody war there so we wouldn't mess things up over here. It was a sin and it always will be.

Yup, It sure as hell did.

I was just passing thru the room when I heard It do it and it damn near gave me a case of whiplash.

Just to make sure, I did the dvr rewind thingy, to confirm, and I'm torn.

I dunno if the look on It's face, and the glint in It's eye, when It said it, disgusts me more than It actually saying it.

I don't know if anybody's noticed, but I go out of my way to keep my language clean here, but in Tweety Bird's case here, I'll make an exception....

It's one messed up, and absolutely sick and malevolent son of a bitch, that gets off on this and when the time comes for It....

I hope It's GE/MSFT paychex were worth it.

Makes me want to puke.

~Nyc

Fortunately, the surge IS working... had there been no "surge", there probably would have been 1,000 killed today.

Ah yes, another website filled with brainwashed Americans.

It's a good thing the terrorists don't attack places where the US deosn't have troops (because the US cannot defend everywhere at once) in order to influence the gullible American minds into believing the surge isn't working. I mean, if we attack people that have nothing to do with anything, innocent civillians, the American people wouldn't possibly blame the Bush administration. No, as terrorists we can't use the news media in order to fight a political war that would undermine a military we cannot defeat.

Wake up will ya? If I could curse I would be right now. You people really sicken me with how gullible and foolish you are. Terrorists are winning, and it has nothing to do with the surge, Bush or the military. It has to do with your inability to see the whole picture. Then again, all my words are wasted, you'll find some way to call me a Bush lover (as if supporting the president of the US is an insult...which is frightening to realize our society has dropped into that hole) or some sort of war monger. In the end, anything I say will fall on deaf ears unwilling to listen because mine isn't the popular view.

All hail the media. All hail Fenton. All hail Soros! May America be socialized and fall into the same pit as all great societies before it.

Glad I live in Japan...you people sicken me.

Pat @ 53:

Ah yes, another website filled with brainwashed Americans.

It's a good thing the terrorists don't attack places where the US deosn't have troops (because the US cannot defend everywhere at once) in order to influence the gullible American minds into believing the surge isn't working. I mean, if we attack people that have nothing to do with anything, innocent civillians, the American people wouldn't possibly blame the Bush administration. No, as terrorists we can't use the news media in order to fight a political war that would undermine a military we cannot defeat.

Wake up will ya? If I could curse I would be right now. You people really sicken me with how gullible and foolish you are. Terrorists are winning, and it has nothing to do with the surge, Bush or the military. It has to do with your inability to see the whole picture. Then again, all my words are wasted, you'll find some way to call me a Bush lover (as if supporting the president of the US is an insult...which is frightening to realize our society has dropped into that hole) or some sort of war monger. In the end, anything I say will fall on deaf ears unwilling to listen because mine isn't the popular view.

All hail the media. All hail Fenton. All hail Soros! May America be socialized and fall into the same pit as all great societies before it.

Glad I live in Japan...you people sicken me.

Glad you live in Japan, too, Pat. Would you please work on moving the rest of your ilk over there?

At least that's what the Christian terrorists are claiming.

I would bet that these bombings are mostly committed by the Christian terrorists sent by the Bush regime. There's no way the Christofascists can seize control of Iraq's oil so they're going to make sure that NOBODY can.

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