In Iraq, the USA never knows who their enemy is and who their ally is as they leave Iraq to take care of itself.
The 'jihad' culture of the Middle East is a problem for their governments, but, that does mean the USA is going to be picking up the bill for policing the country while our soldiers die. That is something the Iraqi government is going to have to do for itself from now on.
When I read the article and it sickened me, it also made me wonder whom exactly was behind these attacks. See, the current Iraqi government wants the USA to stay and a reasonable person has to wonder if there is a faux impetus at work to make that happen. Regardless, this IS the Middle East and there are all sorts of issues similar to this everywhere, so the idea the USA is going to quell this is hideous.
Take for instance, the recent rocket launch into Israel. Very similar sort of thing, but, without the soldier casualities, but, a young man, a civilian instead. It just never seems to stop regardless of the OLD USA regime of Bush and Cheney that stated it was necessary to make that happen in Iraq. I don't thinK so. The picture above is from "Anti-War.com" where the link is at the title to the entry. Thank you.
...Attacks on American (click here) troops have risen dramatically in recent months. Monday's deaths brought to 18 the number of Americans killed by hostile fire so far this year, nearly as many as the 22 who died from enemy fire in all of last year, according to the iCasualties website, which tracks casualties in Iraq and Afghanistan.
The 'jihad' culture of the Middle East is a problem for their governments, but, that does mean the USA is going to be picking up the bill for policing the country while our soldiers die. That is something the Iraqi government is going to have to do for itself from now on.
When I read the article and it sickened me, it also made me wonder whom exactly was behind these attacks. See, the current Iraqi government wants the USA to stay and a reasonable person has to wonder if there is a faux impetus at work to make that happen. Regardless, this IS the Middle East and there are all sorts of issues similar to this everywhere, so the idea the USA is going to quell this is hideous.
Take for instance, the recent rocket launch into Israel. Very similar sort of thing, but, without the soldier casualities, but, a young man, a civilian instead. It just never seems to stop regardless of the OLD USA regime of Bush and Cheney that stated it was necessary to make that happen in Iraq. I don't thinK so. The picture above is from "Anti-War.com" where the link is at the title to the entry. Thank you.
...Attacks on American (click here) troops have risen dramatically in recent months. Monday's deaths brought to 18 the number of Americans killed by hostile fire so far this year, nearly as many as the 22 who died from enemy fire in all of last year, according to the iCasualties website, which tracks casualties in Iraq and Afghanistan.
That pace, however, is still far below the rate of 2007, when 767 Americans were killed in combat, the peak year for U.S. fatalities in Iraq, or 2009, when 75 American troops died as a result of enemy fire.
The last time so many U.S. soldiers died from hostile fire in a single day in Iraq was April 10, 2009, when five were killed when a suicide truck bomb exploded in Mosul, in Nineveh province, according to iCasualties....
