dilloduck
Diamond Member
Gabriella84 said:The blood of more Americans runs through the White House. Not that anyone there cares, of course. They are still figuring out how to avoid Rovergate and send people to Mars. :firing:
From Associated Press
BAGHDAD, Iraq — Fourteen U.S. Marines were killed today when a huge bomb destroyed their lightly armored vehicle, hurling it into the air in a giant fireball in the deadliest roadside bombing suffered by American forces in the Iraq war.
The deaths brought to 23 the number of Marines killed in the past week in fighting along the volatile Euphrates Valley of western Iraq and marked one of the bloodiest periods for U.S. forces in months.
In all, 44 American service members have died in Iraq since July 24 — all but two in combat.
The Marines killed today were assigned to the 3rd Battalion, 25th Marines based in Brook Park, Ohio, a Cleveland suburb, and attached to the Regimental Combat Team-2. Nine of them were from a single smaller unit in Columbus. A civilian translator also was killed and one Marine was wounded.
No--I think they care, Gabby but they better get thier heads out of thier asses soon and develop a realsitic strategy in the military and ideological war. Whoever the hell you wanna blame for militarizing it, the ideological war is nearing a crucial stage IMHO.
We cannot leave Iraq without admitting defeat--plain and simple. The Iraqis are nowhere near being able to provide security for themselves and are in fact busy killing each other off on sectarian assasinations and massacres. Who are we kidding?? The second the last American boot leaves Iraq, the muslims will declare victory and commence to increase the infighting amongst themselves as they have for years. In the mean time, our troops are getting cut down daily.
My feelings are is that if we want to keep any type of control in that area to protect the worlds supply of oil we are going to have to at least double the amount of troops we have there and establish large PERMANENT bases. Like it or not--we simply cannot leave the area without dire consequences so we better start building the biggest damn military base in the mideast. An American "Israel" if you will in the middle of Arabia. Anything else WILL be another Viet Nam. We will have allowed our troops to be killed and what have we accomplished? Removed Saddam.
If Iraq has become the focal point for terrorists why in the hell are we even thinking about leaving it in the hands of an inept Iraqi militia?