The NY Times reports that Iraq is asking for more time (U.S there for up to another 13 years) and more equipment (the laundry list included helicopters, tanks, armored personnel carriers, and people).
The Iraqi Defense Minister's timetable far exceeds the more optimistic projections. More importantly, his timeline lets us recognize just what horrible morass Bush has engendered. It's alarming. It's infuriating. But it's not surprising. This is what happens when you make a government impotent.
Showing posts with label Iraq. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Iraq. Show all posts
Tuesday, January 15, 2008
Iraq Wants More
Sunday, January 6, 2008
The Deadliest Year
The "surge" notwithstanding, 2007 was the deadliest year in Iraq.
A day-by-day chart compiled by American and Iraqi governments and news media organizations provides the details. Altogether, 2,592 were killed. Iraqi civilian deaths were too numerous to be included in the pictorial chart. The display includes deaths from the following sources: hostile fire, homemade bomb, car bomb, suicide bomb, nonhostile/accidental/suicide and source unknown. It also portrays identities of the dead (American, Coalition or Iraqi forces, police and Iraqi security foces) and number of deaths by province.
What a piece of history to hang in the school rooms.
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