Surge Succeeds

Many conservatives believe collateral damage is a necessary component of winning the war on terrorism - even when it involves killing the very people we are trying to help. This administration doesn't do civilian body counts; it's not important. They also do not allow pictures of our soldiers coming back in caskets with flags draped over them.

Many conservatives believe collateral damage is a necessary component of winning the war on terrorism - even when it involves killing the very people we are trying to help.

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Argh.

I have two 20" LCD monitors hooked up as an extended desktop. I see no issue. Deal with it.

You mean typical like your High School graduation photo? What are you, 40?

A2K offers no way to resize an image before it is posted. Some sites do. Deal with it.

"The current strategy to deal with it, called a surge -- the military surge, our part of the surge under General Petraeus -- the only thing it can do is put a heavier lid on this boiling pot of civil war stew ... And so General Petraeus is moving ahead with his part of it, but he's the one who's been saying all along there is no military solution to this problem. The solution has to emerge from the other two legs, the Iraqi political actions and reconciliation, and building up the Iraqi security and police forces. And those two legs are not -- are not going well. That part of strategy is not going well."

Ever notice how frequently one finds that the most vigorous flag-wavers who shout the loudest about patriotism are the ones who have never served a single day in the military?

Setanta wrote:

Ever notice how frequently one finds that the most vigorous flag-wavers who shout the loudest about patriotism are the ones who have never served a single day in the military?

As far as the thread topic, the surge is succeeding, very well, and I also hear the hunting is quite good in Afghanistan.

Lt-Gen Odiarno insisted: "I think it is because the Iranians are surging support to the special groups

Roadside bomb attacks on American troops in Iraq reached an all-time high last month, accounting for more than one third of all combat deaths.

The increase in the number of casualties caused by the explosive devices comes at the height of the "surge' of US forces which, the Pentagon claims, is broadly a success. Washington and London have blamed Iran for supplying the devices which have been used with lethal effect against American and British troops.

Although coalition forces have claimed a number of successes in discovering caches of the bombs, the number of attacks in July, stated as 99, shows the insurgency has had no problem in obtaining supplies.

In recent weeks, US forces have focused operations on Sunni militants and, in particular, al-Qa'ida.

One of the initial aims of the "surge" was to combat Shia militias which, often in collusion with government forces, have been running death squads. However, the alleged use of the roadside devices shows the threat from the Shias, with many of the groups sponsored by Tehran, has not diminished despite numerous American missions.