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Originally Posted by OneToughHerring
Sadr militia is in ruins? Oh I don't know about that, it was the US who put the Shia in control in Iraq, you really think they are in ruins?
So are you going to resurrect the 1 - 2 mil dead that the war in Iraq has caused? And do you really think the war in Iraq is over now? That's what was expected in -03 and it didn't quite happen. And with the majority of US troops pulling out in -09 or -10 the latest I think we can be pretty secure (or unsecure) in the notion that there will be similar attacks against them to the end of the US presence in Iraq.
The final bodycount for US will be around 5, 6 thousand +, including the coalition & the mercenaries ~ 6000 - 7000. Dunno about you but to me, that's a lot of dead folks. For the US ally Iraqi troops, god only knows. Tens of thousands? And in the end Iraq will continue to be a pretty unstable place with the table set up for a new dictator to step up.
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Yes. They are pretty much in ruins. The insurgencies can't even mount a meaningful resistance to the government currently in place. And sorry, I won't play your game. War is bloody. There will be loss of life. We know that. It's pretty much a dead argument at this point as Iraq is looking like it will be a fully functioning government from here on. It won't be the wasted mission and humiliating defeat you were looking forward to for us.
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Oh yea and in Afghanistan it looks like the Taliban are getting their act together and inflicting serious casualties against the troops there. I have a buddy there with the UN troops and according to him it don't look too good.
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Oooh, yeah. Go Taliban!!!! (Sarcasm off)
What kind of a whack job are you? Getting their act together???!?!?! Oh, I'm sure you would be so happy if US troops were taking a bloody beating. And how the Democrats could use it as a campaign issue. Woop-dee-doo. Again, it's a crap argument. There is nothing coming from that theater that indicates loss. On the other hand there has been plenty of good news. I'm sure any good news of course just breaks your little heart.