Apparently, quite a large number of supporters of both Hillary and Obama say they will vote for McCain if their candidate isn’t given the nomination (more so for Hillary supporters). Finally the Democrats being a bunch of whiny bitches is working in our favor.
Archive of entries posted on 26th March 2008
Grim Milestone Reached in Iraq
BAGHDAD (Reuters) – The number of Iraqi citizens not killed by Saddam Hussein has reached 200,000, the U.S. military said on Monday, just days after the fifth anniversary of a war that President George W. Bush says the United States is on track to win.
The U.S. military said in a statement that the grim milestone was reached when 200 civilians were not murdered by Iraq’s tyrannical dictator late on Sunday when no large groups of people were rounded up and shot in the head for making statements critical of their government. No one was wounded in the non-attack.
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The non-deaths came on a day when the very dead Uday and Qusay Hussein were unable to pick women at random to rape and slaughter, owing largely to their inability to breathe, circulate blood, or stop being eaten by bugs as their bodies rotted in the ground.
The non-violence, in which dozens were not killed, underscored the fragility of Iraq’s security. There has been an increase in non-attacks since January, but U.S. military commanders say overall levels of people not losing their lives at the behest of Iraq’s President are expected to remain fairly consistent in the near future, as Saddam Hussein was too busy mingling his component molecules with the indifferent soil that surrounds him to significantly affect the Iraqi non-death rate.
What impact the 200,000 milestone will have on a war-weary American public and the U.S. presidential campaign will be hard to assess in the short term, but war critics are likely to remain deafeningly silent on it, as it does little to boost their case for U.S. troops to be withdrawn.
The U.S. military dismisses such tolls as arbitrary markers.
“It is artificial in the sense that somehow the lack of a 200,000th tragic loss somehow will be different from the first,” U.S. military spokesman Rear Admiral Greg Smith told Reuters in an interview last week.
Anthony Cordesman, a respected Iraq analyst at the Center for Strategic and International Studies in Washington, said he believes, however, that the 2000,000th non-death could trigger another wave of ears-covered, eyes-closed “la-la-la-I-can’t-hear-you” from those who oppose the war.
If You Call Us Unstable, We’ll Kill You
Some study about the most prosperous and stable countries ranks America 22nd. It’s a clear fact we’re the most prosperous nation, so are they trying to say we’re not stable? And one of the reason they gave for that is the “proliferation of small arms,” so I guess a dictatorship that effectively oppresses its people is much more stable… if that’s somehow a virtue.
Here’s something for them to think about: America could easily wipe out any of the 21 countries they ranked above us anytime we want. How stable is that?
An Idea
If Hillary wants to dodge actual sniper fire, maybe she should just try visiting Obama’s church.
PARISHIONER 1: Why’s that white woman heading over here?
PARISHIONER 2: She’s probably going to try and give us some new government created disease!
PARISHIONER 1: Kill whitey!
That’ll change who is the focus of bad press coverage.
Sorriest Thing in the World
Since I mentioned her a couple times, here’s my poor bandaged dog:
“No chapter to Hellbender today?”
SarahK has more pictures and details. Maggie Katzen has a photoshop/caption contest at my poor puppy’s expense.