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> On Aug 31, 7:17 am, "Tom Gardner" wrote:
>> "Jack" wrote in message
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>> > Tom Gardner wrote:
>> >> "XTS" wrote in message
>> >>news:46d77e93$0$32466$4c368faf@ ...
>> >>> "Jack" wrote in message
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>> >>>> GIs continue to be killed and maimed.
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>> >>>> Requirements fully met ------- 3
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>> >>>> Requirements partially met --- 2
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>> >>>> Requirements not met at all - 12
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>> >>>>http://news. /s/ap/20070831/ap_on_go_co/us_iraq_benchmarks_1
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>> >>>> That would fetch a failing grade in all the schools I ever attended.
>> >>> What else could we expect from an aministration of one failure after
>> >>> another.
>> >>> Failing is the only thing they do.
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>> >> I understand your vested interest in seeing this administration fail,
>> >> no
>> >> mater what. And, I have to give the Democrats credit for forcing the
>> >> issue and prodding the Iraq government into SOME action. But, the
>> >> situation in Iraq is improving and there is reasonable hope for Iraq
>> >> to
>> >> succeed.
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>> > No there isn't. This is not like the defeat of Nazi Germany or Imperial
>> > Japan, which gave the US just cause to go to war against them.
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>> > Some outside Christian Crusader Army bombarded and invaded Iraq, a
>> > country
>> > which had never even blinked aggressively in the direct of the country
>> > of
>> > the Christian Crusaders, and in the process of bombarding and invading
>> > Iraq, managed to kill and mutilate tens, if not hundreds of thousands
>> > of
>> > non-combat Iraqi men, women and children. This will not be forgotten or
>> > forgiven by their relatives.
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>> > These are not my rules, they are universal.
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>> Your post sounds more like a rant than a discussion, OK, rant away. You
>> might be wrong though, the sectarian violence is abating and the Iraqis
>> are
>> starting to work together more against the Al Queda terrorists. For all
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>> collateral deaths that did occur, more people were saved
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> Tell the dead and their relatives that other people were saved and see
> if they thank you
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> Sectarian violence might be temorarily abating but a lot of that is
> due to the fact it is so fucking hot in Iraq right now so lots of
> stuff is abating

Yes, they all did call a break and headed for the beach.