Comments on: 96% of Suicide Attacks in Iraq by Foreign Terrorists http://www.outsidethebeltway.com/archives/96_of_suicide_attacks_in_iraq_by_foreign_terrorists/ Online Journal of Politics and Foreign Affairs Wed, 25 Nov 2009 14:35:54 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.5 hourly 1 By: Mike http://www.outsidethebeltway.com/archives/96_of_suicide_attacks_in_iraq_by_foreign_terrorists/comment-page-1/#comment-66601 Mike Fri, 02 Dec 2005 04:40:27 +0000 http://www.outsidethebeltway.com/archives/12837#comment-66601 Makes you think that GEN Shinseki was right; if we had gone in w/ the proper number of soldiers and secured the border as well as the rest of Iraq, things would not be as bad as they are. He was the head of the Army and all. Maybe we will start listening to the experts and not the hacks. Oh well, this is George's legacy... it is just a shame that so many of our warriors have to die in the process. Makes you think that GEN Shinseki was right; if we had gone in w/ the proper number of soldiers and secured the border as well as the rest of Iraq, things would not be as bad as they are. He was the head of the Army and all. Maybe we will start listening to the experts and not the hacks. Oh well, this is George's legacy... it is just a shame that so many of our warriors have to die in the process.

]]> By: James Joyner http://www.outsidethebeltway.com/archives/96_of_suicide_attacks_in_iraq_by_foreign_terrorists/comment-page-1/#comment-66584 James Joyner Fri, 02 Dec 2005 01:07:24 +0000 http://www.outsidethebeltway.com/archives/12837#comment-66584 Anderson: Until rather recently, the impression that we were mostly fighting either Saddam loyalists or external terrorists was the party line. Anderson: Until rather recently, the impression that we were mostly fighting either Saddam loyalists or external terrorists was the party line.

]]> By: Anderson http://www.outsidethebeltway.com/archives/96_of_suicide_attacks_in_iraq_by_foreign_terrorists/comment-page-1/#comment-66570 Anderson Thu, 01 Dec 2005 23:23:39 +0000 http://www.outsidethebeltway.com/archives/12837#comment-66570 <em>The 96 percent figure is astounding, especially given that President Bush acknowledged yesterday that foreign terrorists were the smallest major element of the enemy force.</em> How are you using the word "acknowledged" in that sentence? Sounds more like "asserted" is called for? The 96 percent figure is astounding, especially given that President Bush acknowledged yesterday that foreign terrorists were the smallest major element of the enemy force.

How are you using the word "acknowledged" in that sentence?

Sounds more like "asserted" is called for?

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