Sunday mornings random news from the Empire

[yes_justice]

"The bottom line:  91.7% of Iraqis oppose the presence of coalition troops in the country, up from 74.4% in 2004.  84.5% are "strongly opposed".  Among Sunnis, opposition to the US presence went from 94.5%to 97.9% (97.2% "strongly opposed").   Among Shia, opposition to the US presence went from 81.2% to 94.6%,  with "strongly opposed" going from63.5% to 89.7%.  Even among the Kurds, opposition went from 19.6% to63.3%.   In other words, it isn't just that Iraqis oppose the American presence - it's that their feelings are intense:  only 7.2% "somewhat oppose" and 4.7% "somewhat support.""

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The terrorism theory Bush refuses to hear

More on Pape here and here.

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September 11 -- what year? 30 percent of Americans don't know

Only one in seven can find Iraq or Afghanistan on a map.

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Fox reporters freed in Gaza (after converting to Islam on videotape...)

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U.S. military deaths in Afghanistan: 272

That war is hotter than hell. Canada (27 kia) is stuck killing children in the meat grinder and are seeing many of their soldiers severely wounded. The British and Americans are also losing soldiers. We're sacrificing our children boys and girls, on the altar of war. And as always civilian children bear the brunt of adults criminal stupidity with their lives. Afghanistan is having another record year of opium production. Its become such an incestuous circle. How much of that opium will go into the veins of homeless veterans?

Comments

[sultansfavorite.livejournal.com]

From the geography article: Someone once said that war is God's way of teaching geography,

'god's' way?!!? I think NOT! What dumbass said that? Crazy.

[yes-justice.livejournal.com]

Hahah! I heard it as "9/11 was Bin Laden's way of teaching the USA geography".

[sultansfavorite.livejournal.com]

That makes a lot more sense!