Demboy08's Blog

Demmy,
You never thought terrorism was a real threat? Do they not have T.V. or newspapers in Wisconsin, or do you just not believe anything you read or hear unless it's coming from one of your liberal professors? Get out of that sissy college and into bootcamp, son!

Demboy,

Nothing personal, but, where are you getting your info? Or, should i say, who is influencing you to pen blogs like this?

You have to look at the overall picture...

We are tied at the waist with China, and, Russia also, economically. Have they ever attacked us in any way? Ask your libby moron professor (I'm assuming. lol) what Russia has to gain by this, and,what exactly he thinks we should do?

"low level wars in Afghanistan and Iraq."
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Low level?....Are you serious!?!?

Please, tell me how you came by this info!(?)

"I would call Iraq and Afghanistan low level because of the lack of pitched battles and the relatively low number of casualties for a five and 6 year long war."

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So you agree, the troop Surge worked?

Realize that, even so, the main danger to the US lies in the middle east.

China and Russia have committed these type of atrocities for thousands of years, we aren't going to stop them now.

This one must be approached with caution, and common sense.

Should we go 'toe to toe' with Russia? Do You know what that could entail....WW3???

We can't afford to get into a 'big boy on the block' type confrontation with Russia right now.
Let the bear flex...

He knows who the man is.

The fact is , in spite of the ridiculous coverage in the main stream media, our military is now respected more and more worldwide. We have shown the 'stomach to fight', something we lost during the last administration.

Believe me, the bear is aware of that.

"the surge did not work"? Amazing....more kool-aid please...

I said it did work depending on what working means. With the criteria I set out do you disagree? It lessened violence and U.S. casualties stabilizing Iraq but our troops are not leaving anytime soon still. That is the problem.

"...My thesis would be that the United States inadvertently allowed the chasing of hundreds of thousands of Sunni Arabs out of Baghdad (and many of them had to go all the way to Syria for refuge). Rates of violence declined once the ethnic cleansing was far advanced, just because there were fewer mixed neighborhoods.

Of course, Gen. David Petraeus took courageous and effective steps to try to stop bombings in markets and so forth. But I am skeptical that most of these techniques had macro effects. Big population movements because of militia ethnic cleansing are more likely to account for big changes in social statistics.

The way in which the escalation troops did help establish Awakening Councils is that when they got wise to the Shiite ethnic cleansing program; the United States began supporting these Sunni militias, thus forestalling further expulsions.

The Shiitization of Baghdad was thus a significant cause of falling casualty rates. But it is another war waiting to happen, when the Sunnis come back to find Shiite militiamen in their living rooms."

"Most American commentators are so focused on the relative fall in casualties that they do not stop to consider how high the rates of violence remain. Kudos to Steve Chapman for telling it like it is.

I'd suggest some comparisons. The Sri Lankan civil war between Sinhalese and Tamils has killed an average of 233 persons a month since 1983 and is considered one of the world's major ongoing trouble spots. That is half the average monthly casualties in Iraq recently. In 2007, the conflict in Afghanistan killed an average of 550 persons a month. That is about the rate recently, according to official statistics, for Iraq. The death rate in 2006-2007 in Somalia was probably about 300 a month, or about half this year's average monthly rate in Iraq. Does anybody think Afghanistan or Somalia is calm? Thirty years of Northern Ireland troubles left about 3,000 dead, a toll still racked up in Iraq every five months on average."

- Juan Cole is a professor of history at the University of Michigan.

http://www.juancole.com/

tell university if Michigan Juan Cole...GO BUCKEYES

Did you know??



* Did you know that 47 countries' have re-established their embassies in Iraq?


* Did you know that the Iraqi government currently employs 1.2 million Iraqi people?


* Did you know that 3100 schools have been renovated, 364 schools are under rehabilitation, 263 new schools are now under construction; and 38 new schools have been completed in Iraq ?


* Did you know that Iraq's higher educational structure consist of 20 Universities, 46 Institutes or colleges and 4 research centers,all currently operating?


* Did you know that 25 Iraq students departed for the United States in January 2005 for the re-established Fulbright program?


* Did you know that the Iraqi Navy is operational? They have 5 - 100-foot patrol craft, 34 smaller vessels and a naval infantry regiment.


* Did you know that Iraq ' s Air Force consists of three operational squadrons, Which includes 9 reconnaissance and 3 US C-130 transport aircraft (under Iraqi operational control) which operate day and night, and will soon add 16 UH-1 helicopters and 4 Bell Jet Rangers?


* Did you know that Iraq has a counter-terrorist unit and a Commando Battalion?


* Did you know that the Iraqi Police Service has over 55,000 fully trained and equipped police officers?


* Did you know that there are 5 Police Academies in Iraq that produce over 3500 new officers every 8 weeks?


* Did you know there are more than 1100 building projects going on in

"Worked in what respect? If by working you mean living in Iraq is more tolerable and violence is down then combined with a number of other factors the surge has helped stabilize Iraq."

Living in Iraq is much more tolerable and violence is way down. As far as moving our troops, you have to finish the job first.