Comments on: Al Qaeda Running Out of Volunteers?

By: jimbo

jimbo — Thu, 22 Sep 2005 08:39:00 +0000

No question that the public no longer supports the war in Iraq. The lesson of this and Vietnam is that the public in a democracy will not support a significant war effort against an enemy that does not pose an immediate strategic threat to the nation. This is a problem for the world community. The EU has played good cop and the US has played bad cop. The EU/UN method of dealing with bad guys works only when they can point to a snarling, bellicose US waiting for action and willing to clean the bad guy's clock. Take that away and the bad guys will rule. Prudent nations are going to take their own action. The Iranians, not good guys themselves, are surrounded by hostile Sunnis. Pakistan has nukes and is just inches away from falling to the Islamofascists. The US is likely to pull out of Iraq and trigger a n Islamic civil war. If the Russians and Chinese don't disarm North Korea, Japan will acquire nukes because they know that American voters will not support any sustained action against the North.

By: Hyscience

Hyscience — Wed, 21 Sep 2005 19:19:10 +0000

Al Qaeda Running Out of Volunteers? On Winning And Loosing The War

One of the most disheartening things about this war is the realization that on any given day, a number of once-stalwart supporters will suddenly hedge, demand someone?s resignation, or bail, ...

By: Herb

Herb — Wed, 21 Sep 2005 19:16:51 +0000

The one thing one can say about anjin san is that he is not prejudiced

HE HATES EVERYBODY

By: ken

ken — Wed, 21 Sep 2005 19:13:00 +0000

Jack, After ten years of bombings and sanctions Saddam Hussain was left with an army that couldn't fight its way out of a wet paper bag. He was no threat to anyone. Your fearmongering is groundless but typical of conservatives.

Meanwhile by denying our soldiers the manpower they need to win his senseless war on Iraq our troops cannot even control the road between the airport and the capital.

I know you hate american values but we cannot allow you to destroy our country any longer. I suggest you move to Texas.

By: Jack Ehrlich

Jack Ehrlich — Wed, 21 Sep 2005 18:25:07 +0000

Some of the above posts are reminicent of the past. For those, I have some questions. What lands have the islamofascist conquered? What territory have they been able to secure in Iraq? Would it have been easier to remove Saddam after he had united the Middle East under his dictatorship and having developed nuclear weapons and a delivery system, sometime in the future, because history has taught us that hungry dictators are not satisfied with just a little. Remember Hitler? He only wanted to unify greater Germany, first. Anyone stupid enough to think Saddam was not a serious threat to the World has not studied history. If there is no connection between Iraq and al-Qeada, why are they there, and what was al-Zarqawi doint there before operation Iraqi Freedom? To those liberals who are to anti-american to fight for anything, I suggest you save yourselves by converting to Islam and moving to a country ruled by islamofascists. Hard to find one, is it not. Without George W. Bush, it would not have been.

By: anjin-san

anjin-san — Wed, 21 Sep 2005 18:12:12 +0000

They are running out of voulenteers? Sounds like our army under Bush...

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By: Jim Henley

Jim Henley — Wed, 21 Sep 2005 16:09:14 +0000

http://www.brook.edu/iraqindex - your friend for actual Iraq-related numbers. As to US military deaths, in the short term, the monthly rate oscillates on 3-4-month half-cycles. In the longer term, it slowly creeps upward. See the graph and toss out the 100-plus spike months - because they correspond to major US offensives - and the trend is still clear.

By: McGehee

McGehee — Wed, 21 Sep 2005 15:40:35 +0000

Seeing as how I've never seen evidence that Ken has had an original thought in his life, his comment just pegged the irony meter. As for "the trend line of US casualties" -- Spencer, you got a link to that graph? If it's the one I think it is, it's one of those that can't ever have a downward slope until we learn the art of resurrection.

By: ken

ken — Wed, 21 Sep 2005 15:00:27 +0000

Just another 'last throes' propanganda piece to keep conservatives from thinking for themselves.

By: spencer

spencer — Wed, 21 Sep 2005 13:47:23 +0000

They are not attacking US forces.

Then why does the trend line of US casualties still have such a strong upward slope?