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pc251 year, 4 months ago
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First, The surge has worked despite Obama’s predictions. Indeed, his trip helped publicize just how startling has been the transition in Iraq from chaos to fledgling democracy...........The second impact of the trip stems from Obama’s mistake in assuming international acclaim and media adoration would impress the folks back home.
And finally, Obama’s mega-gaffe in snubbing the wounded troops in Germany (with the excuse he wouldn’t want to use campaign funds for such a visit) left even the MSM scratching their heads.
The elite liberal pundits and reporters are, after all, exceedingly poor gauges of public opinion on everything from the appeal of Ronald Reagan to abortion politics.
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hyperbola1 year, 4 months ago
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Frankly the only place the "surge" has worked is in the US corporate media. Otherwise, the main surge "effort" was to pay and arm insurgents that had been fighting us. These very same insurgents have recently called for renewal of the efforts to expel our troops and American soldiers have begun to die again in Anbar province.
A further direct result of the "surge" has been to weaken the US throughout the rest of the moslem world as the oil-colonialism intentions of the bushie zioncons have become ever more apparent.
The insurgents are waiting at the moment to see if Americans are smart enough to end a colonial occupation. If not, the violence will pick up again next year - with insurgents better armed by us for domestic political reasons. It's called shooting yourself in the foot.
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tiredofwhiners1 year, 4 months ago
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Backwards thinking. If the Americans pull out violence will increase. If they stay, violence will continue to diminish. You assume the terrorists are good guys and won't increase their tactics of terror to try and take over if we pull out. Hopefully the Iraqi military will subdue them.
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