...it's not dark yet, but it's gettin' there...
With a collective sigh of orgasmic release, the US Media today celebrated the 2000th military death since the beggining of the Iraq War. In the past week or so, you could almost feel the tension mounting as various anti-American news outlets such as CNN, CBS, NBC and ABC finalized their preparations for today's festivities.
Media hopes are high for a multi-orgasmic week, with many journalists openly speculating that Karl Rove may be indicted before the weekend.
"I haven't felt this good since we hit 1000 dead guys," said one giddy newsanchor, who chose to remain anonymous. "People around the newsroom are positively glowing today. And if Rove gets it, man, I'm gonna need a cigarette. Whew."
In a related story, something or other happened with some election they had over there recently.
Developing . . .
Because 2000 Americans were murdered last year in California, I am calling on America to withdraw all police from California.
These police should be sent to Iraq where it is much safer for Americans.
Posted by: Jake on Oct. 25, 2005I've always said these reporters are animals. I can't help but feel less and less inclined to even watch the local news.
Posted by: tesco on Oct. 25, 2005This is the media's neo-"Tet" coverage that is supposed to herald our utter defeat. Fuck 'em.
Instapundit has good link about this:
http://www.facesfromthefront.com/content/view/137/3/
Posted by: reagan80 on Oct. 25, 2005I was utterly fuzzbuckled to see Democratic Senators, including Patrick Leahy and Frank Lautenberg, rise on the floor of the Senate and commemorate the 2000th death by calling for the U.S. to withdraw our troops from Iraq. I just... bizzafutz... I don't want to get started. FUCKERS. Everything about the Democratic Senators' actions - on several levels - infuriates me. These guys, these corrupt adolescents, CANNOT BE ALLOWED TO GAIN CONTROL OF OUR GOVERNMENT.
Posted by: gcotharn on Oct. 25, 2005One of the greatest disappointments of my life was watching the American people elect a quintessentially feckless corrupt free-loader entirely representative of his party, and the disloyal left whom we had to drag through the cold war while they sniped at us from the rear. It was a repudiation of all those who sacrificed so much.
That's why I always look forward to the next revolution. Canada's largest influx of population was Whigs running for their lives after the last revolt.
Posted by: Casca on Oct. 25, 2005I found it telling how for the last couple of weeks most reports of U.S. casualties did not report the actual number of casualties but instead reported it as "closing in on", "nearing", or "approaching 2000."
and we're not talking combat deaths either!
any ol' death will do as long as it is an American servicemember overseas.
some of these people do not deserve the rights and benefits the military ensures they retain.
grrrrrrrrr.
Posted by: jcrue on Oct. 26, 2005I fully agree with your assessment of the biased-as-ever media.
However, I am very disheartened by the fact that despite all of the rhetoric pouring out of the White House, we don't appear to be gaining any meaningful ground in Iraq (in terms of US casualties).
http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/ops/iraq_casualties.htm
...and this is coming from a staunch supporter of this administration, and this war (me)...
I'm finding it harder and harder each day to maintain my support in the face of what appears to be a flailing administration at this point; with the blatant crony-ism in Miers, the failure of Social Security reform, spending restraint, and the lack of the conservative/republican ideal of a limited government, the environment issues, etc. This in addition to the lack of concrete positive steps forward in Iraq as I mentioned before.
The stance President Bush took and apparently thinks are important (abortion, and gay marriage, stem-cells) don't resonate at all in me.
Where do I look for hope, my fellow conservatives?
Posted by: Rob on Oct. 26, 2005I'm appalled by the fixation myself; I don't get it -- just like it's been said, the 2000th American death in Iraq is just as important as the first and will be just as important as the last. :(
Posted by: Amy Bo Bamy on Oct. 26, 2005CASCA SEZ:That's why I always look forward to the next revolution. Canada's largest influx of population was Whigs running for their lives after the last revolt.
I'm with ya bro, when we take over there's gonna be a lot of guys on meathooks.
Posted by: Kyle N on Oct. 26, 20052,000 dead is a milestone, especially considering in the run-up to this debacle it was being sold to the American sheeple largely on the basis of presuming it would be nearly bloodless. The REAL story however is the showcase of American "military" weakness that this farce in Iraq has become and its potential ramifications. The U.S. "military" is a laughingstock, totally stymied by a poorly-armed rag-tag guerilla force several times smaller than itself, especially disgraceful is the U.S.'s pusillanimous over-reliance on air power instead of the fundamentals of ground combat. When someone slams a door loudly or when a car backfires they duck and call for air support. "Oh no, it's an 80-year-old Iraqi woman in a wheelchair with a musket! We need air support!!" "Look out, I see a crippled Iraqi man hobbling towards us in a threatening manner and he's got a sharp piece of glass! Call in the helicopter gunships!!" The world is laughing at your cowardice America. Any infantry that upon encountering a handful of poorly-armed Rebels doesn't attack them using fire & maneuver tactics but instead hides and calls in air support does not deserve to be called infantry. Infantry is the backbone of any army and without that you got nuthin'. The U.S. high command has given up hope of militarily defeating the insurgency and is now settling for trying to whittle down the Rebel forces somewhat so they can claim to believe the puppet "Iraqi" sellouts will be able to handle them so the U.S. can make an exit. Disgraceful, like the "Vietnamization" scheme all over again. Notice how all the "operations" it launches in Iraq are "hit and run" pinprick "operations" just designed to (they hope) disrupt Rebel activities? Notice how many cities like Ramadi and Haditha and Husaybah are Rebel strongholds and the U.S. knows it but is too weak to try to clear them out of those cities and occupy them? Notice how the so-called "world's only superpower", after two and a half years in Iraq still doesn't control the airport road in Baghdad? Pretty humbling isn't it? You'd better thank your lucky stars that America isn't up against a REAL enemy army like that of North Korea or China or Iran because they'd croak 2,000 Amerifags in an afternoon. The U.S. "Army" and "Marine Corps" would be a grease spot. America had better stick to picking on places like Panama and Grenada because that's about all that it can handle.
Posted by: Allen on Oct. 27, 2005This is what I take away from your screed:
If a crippled Iraqi man is hobbling towards me in a threatening manner, and is carrying a sharp piece of glass, I should double-tap center mass with my M-16. Calling in a helicopter gunship would be a waste of ammunition.
Well, I agree. Can't we all get along?
Posted by: gcotharn on Oct. 27, 2005I'm impressed, Allen.
That is, by far, the largest single paragraph I have ever seen on this blog.
The fact that it is also the most idiotic is icing on the cake for me.
Thank you for wasting a small part of my life.
Posted by: Rob on Oct. 27, 2005"The U.S. high command has given up hope of militarily defeating the insurgency and is now settling for trying to whittle down the Rebel forces somewhat so they can claim to believe the puppet 'Iraqi' sellouts will be able to handle them so the U.S. can make an exit."
Iraqi troops and police are "sellouts" for trying to defend their fledgling democratic gov't from terrorists?
This reminds of the Jan. 30 comment fiskings at the Democratic Underground.....
["Where are the freedom fighters today? Are their voices silenced because some American puppets cast a few ballots?"
-- 8,000,000 ballots. Turns out most Iraqis are... "American puppets?"
"I can't believe the Iraqis are buying into this "democracy" bullshit."
-- sorry, fellah, down here on Planet Reality, most people want democracy. Including Arabs.
"Maybe they're afraid and felt they had to vote. That's the only way I can explain it to myself."
-- since they were threatened with death if they _did_ vote, there's a bit of a contradiction there.
In fact, they put on their festive clothes and in many cases danced to the polls, elevating their fingers to defy the "insurgents" who'd threatened to kill anyone whose finger was marked with the ink showing they'd voted.
"Becuase if it's not--and if the Iraq vote is seen as a success that spread "freedom"--the world is screwed."
-- let's see... the world is screwed if democracy spreads among the theocrats, kleptocrats, and general tyrants characteristic of the Middle East.
Run that one by me again?
Now let's sponsor elections in Saudi Arabia. I would just love to see the Saudi princelings in exile, clipping their coupons and complaining about how the Americans betrayed them.
"they only increase the fight and take down those who betrayed their country today by voting in this fraud election."
-- you want to kill off 8,000,000 Iraqis? Awesome, dude.]
"The U.S. "military" is a laughingstock, totally stymied by a poorly-armed rag-tag guerilla force several times smaller than itself, especially disgraceful is the U.S.'s pusillanimous over-reliance on air power instead of the fundamentals of ground combat."
How many battles with out troops have you heard about on the news lately have involved thousands, or even hundreds, of "rebels" on the OFFENSIVE against our troops? How many Khe Sanh-styled sieges have our troops faced in Iraq? Where'e today's Dien Bien Phu? All I hear about our troops facing are sporatic car bombings, IED's, sniping, and....wait for it....
"Notice how all the "operations" it launches in Iraq are "hit and run" pinprick "operations" just designed to (they hope) disrupt Rebel activities?"
....."hit and run" attacks just designed to (they hope) disrupt Iraqi democratic and reconstruction activities. Wow, the strength of our superior enemies has us quaking in our boots!
"Pretty humbling isn't it? You'd better thank your lucky stars that America isn't up against a REAL enemy army like that of North Korea or China or Iran because they'd croak 2,000 Amerifags in an afternoon."
It's funny that you mention China because, after the 1991 Gulf War, the Chi-Coms crapped their collective pants.
Wikipedia says:
[The People's Republic of China (whose army in many ways resembled the Iraqi army) was surprised at the performance of American technology on the battlefield. The swiftness of the coalition victory resulted in an overall change in Chinese military thinking and began a movement to technologically modernize the People's Liberation Army.]
You should check Strategy Page more often:
http://www.strategypage.com/htmw/htlead/articles/20051025.aspx
You shouldn't be talking about our military's "weakness" since I'm sure that you live in a self-destructing welfare state with an atrophied defense force that would'nt survive a campaign against the Vatican, fucktard.
Posted by: reagan80 on Oct. 27, 2005Reagan, don't stop to kick every barking dog. Clearly, Allen's ancestors were some of those who ran North.
Posted by: Casca on Oct. 27, 2005i'm with Rob. i could spend a half hour explaining why Allen's comment is a collossal display of ignorance. Or i could choose to use my time more constructively, knowing that most of my visitors don't need to me to point out the stupidity of that comment.
Posted by: annika on Oct. 27, 2005Hey There -
I really think you guys are way off the deep end. Your point seems to be "why be upset about 2,000 service men dead? Who Cares? No Big Deal. I mean I might be upset when there are 20,000 - but 2,000 just does not matter."
Is there some way that you can honor the dead, and their families, without acting like it's a political thing. Two Thousand families hurt, maybe destroyed, is worth mourning, not mocking.
bbbustard,
A sincere point.
I plan to honor our fallen heroes by mocking Allen.
gcotham -
Mocking an Allen is totally appropriate. Whatever you think of the war, calling U.S. troops, living wounded or dead, "Amerifags" like Allen does is really, really sick.
gcotharn - apologies for getting your name wrong.
Posted by: bbbustard on Oct. 29, 2005