At Least We're Winning in Iraq (Thanks to Bush)– Update: Fatalities Down in Iraq But Up in US

Despite the fact that democrats and Obama voted against the surge, voted against financing the war, campaigned against the war, and said that genocide was not a reason to keep US troops fighting there…
The US is winning the War in Iraq.

In this March 1, 2008 file photo, Gen. David H. Petraeus, commanding general of Multi-National Force – Iraq, talks with a group of Iraqi boys at the Al Zawra Stadium in the Karkh District of west Baghdad. Photo by Sgt. James Hunter, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 101st Airborne Division (AA) Public Affairs. (MNF-Iraq)

Radio Free Europe reported, via Winston:
The civilian death toll in Iraq fell to its lowest level in November since the 2003 U.S.-led invasion. Eighty-eight civilians were killed this month in violence. The US military lost 3 soldiers in November.

UPDATE: The Jawa Report added: “Grim Milestone Alert: Casualties mount as more US soldiers killed by Islamic terrorists in US than Iraq in November”

#1 December 1, 2009 at 11:31 pm
crystal commented:

Jim,
I blame Bush.
#2 December 1, 2009 at 11:33 pm
Scrapiron commented:

Democrat demanded Political correctness allowed over 3 times as many U.S. soldiers to be killed by Islamic terrorists in the U.S. than were killed in Iraq.

#5 December 2, 2009 at 7:16 am
Andrew X commented:

OK, here’s a thought that just occurred to me. I thought Iraq had actually sunk into the sea and been declared a new ocean, for all the news that has come out of it…. essentially since the surge began to succeed. We all know why…. it was shaping up as a victory, it IS a victory now and has been for some time, and as long as Bush was in office, the MSM could not afford to talk about it.

And I guess they still can’t, as it remains “Bush’s War”, God forbid it could be a victorious one.

So we hear utter silence. But let us watch — Could it be that, oh, in about six months… a year-and-a-half into the Obama administration…. we will suddenly get a slew of stories talking up a genuine ‘VICTORY” in Iraq? Stories that will imply, if not baldly state, that such victory is all due to our wise and stately current CinC and his successful policy of “winning the war Bush lost in Iraq”?

Such stories would be so utterly shameless, so Orwellian, such an insult to the intelligence, such an utter and blatant inversion of the truth, that projectile vomiting would be an appropriate response to them. But does that mean they will not try to sell us on the idea?

I think the only question in many media maven’s minds would not be “is it true”, but rather “Can we get away with it, or is it just so shameless that it will backfire on us?” (Not, is it morally wrong to tell the lie, just, will it work for us in the end.)

Even I think such stories might be a bridge too far for the soldiers of the narrative, but maybe they are obtuse and/or immoral enough to try.

Keep your eyes open for such stories, pre- 2010 elections. And be ready to pounce when they apear.
#7 December 2, 2009 at 12:32 pm
bg commented:

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Andrew X @ 7:16 am #5

any time Iraq is mentioned, the scenario always goes something like..

it’s Bush/Reps pre-bad war, Oman/Dems post-good war..

so call me confused.. thought they’ve been claiming Bush failed where they’ve succeeded all along (that is, when they absolutely cannot avoid mentioning Iraq)..

one of the first things out of O’s i mean,
mouth last night was.. “WE’VE ACHIEVED” re: Iraq..

Bush?? who’s Bush?? Bush who?? there is no Bush!!

“those days are over”.. hmmm hmmm hmmm

but i agree with you, they have short to no memory glands, so i wouldn’t doubt they’d find a way to congratulate themselves when it comes to Iraq’s success/es..

actually that’s more of a given when it
comes to progressives, it’s in their DNA..

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#8 December 2, 2009 at 12:36 pm
bg commented:

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re: bg 12:32 pm #7

uhg, should have previewed closer..

should read: [one of the first things out of O’s
mouth last night was.. “WE’VE ACHIEVED”
re: Iraq..]

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#9 December 2, 2009 at 12:57 pm
Andrew X commented:

bg, agreed.

And by the way, I even hear Republican politicians and conservative commentators say things like “Why is Obama doing ‘X’ when we have two wars and the economy…. etc etc”.

We do NOT have “two wars”. We have one. In Afghanistan. What is going in Iraq today can in no way be called a “war”, or even “an insrugency”. It’s just a few isolated incidents of random mayhem, and gee, name an Arab country that does not have the same thing, and at pretty much the same or a greater level.

The Iraq war is over, and we did in fact win. It is hard to say what was the “day that it ended”, but defeated insugencies rarely end with some sort of gotterdamerung, they just sort of…. peter out and fade away.

There is no war there, any more than there is one in Germany… or Fort Hood for that matter. There are the remnants of an occupation, and a few explosions here and there, and that is it.

And it is high-time, possibly before this very media scenario I discuss plays out, that Republicans vocally point out that the war is in fact over, and we damn sure won it, thanks to Mr. Bush’s courage in ordering the surge, and the astonishing valor and abilities of the men and women who carried it out.
#10 December 2, 2009 at 1:57 pm
bg commented:

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Andrew X @ 12:57 pm #9

re: [And it is high-time, possibly before this very media scenario I discuss plays out, that Republicans vocally point out that the war is in fact over, and we damn sure won it, thanks to Mr. Bush’s courage in ordering the surge, and the astonishing valor and abilities of the men and women who carried it out.]

Amen to that!! (thumbsup)

and a few flashbacks (comments have
been deleted, have no clue why, sigh):

Victory in Iraq Day – November 22, 2008

Dem Leaders Avoid Thanking Bush For US Victory In Iraq Today

MNF

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#11 December 2, 2009 at 5:30 pm
bg commented:

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I Heart Iraq

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#12 December 8, 2009 at 7:23 am
Bushobama commented:

Wow.Who started the war?Obama?Well mr Bush started the war and mr Bush invited Al Qaeda in Iraq.The war should have ended long before Bush left office.Instead of it the war continuous till today because of wrong policies and wrong speculations.Bush just tried to correct mistakes his administration did.Perhaps we should give him a medal?What about Afghanistan?How succesfull Bush was there?