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So the question I think's legitimate to ask is: What is really happening in Iraq? And here's what I found, one United States senator.

First, the insurgency remains as bad as it was a year ago, but more jihadists are coming across the Iraqi border, and they are an increasingly lethal part of the problem.

Insurgent attacks are back up between 60 and 70 per week. Car bombs now average 30 a week, up from just one a week in January of 2004.

In the seven weeks since the Iraqi government has been seated, more than 1,000 people have been killed.

The good news is -- and there is some good news -- but the good news is that some disgruntled Sunnis are finally beginning to make the switch from violence to politics.

The bad news is, a whole lot of them are not.

And Iraq's porous borders are being penetrated by well-trained, fanatical jihadists who find a seemingly endless supply in what should not surprise us, somewhat of the excess of 600,000 tons of munitions that we acknowledged existed, that we pointed out we could not guard because we had insufficient forces to guard them as long as 18 to 20 months ago.

Our military is doing everything that is possible and I would suggest more. But there's not enough of them and there are not enough fully trained or capable Iraqi forces to take territory and maintain it from the insurgents.

Our forces go out and clean out towns. But then they move to the next hornet's nest. They lack the resources to lead a strong residual force behind to prevent the insurgents from returning to and intimidating the fence-sitters who are too afraid to take a chance on behalf of the government.

I heard, with every general and every flight officer with whom I spoke about the inability to mount a serious counterinsurgency effort.

Second, Iraqi security forces are very gradually improving. But they are still no match for the insurgents without significant coalition support.

.......

Right now, there are 107 battalions in uniform being trained by us.

Three of those are fully capable. Translated: It means they can do the job without any Americans hanging around with them. They can do the job.

Somewhere around 27 are somewhat capable, meaning they can do the job but backed up by a significant American presence -- backed up by.

The rest are in varying degrees of ability to be able to in any way enhance the security circumstance with American forces.

Booger wrote:Eliminate 1/2 the problem, anywayz.....
...ban automobiles except for the military and wave bye bye to car bombs. and for those who need an auto to get to work....ride a HORSE

bitWISE wrote:http://biden.senate.gov/newsroom/details.cfm?id=239302&

He speaks almost as bad as Bush but there is a lot of very good information in there.

So the question I think's legitimate to ask is: What is really happening in Iraq? And here's what I found, one United States senator.

First, the insurgency remains as bad as it was a year ago, but more jihadists are coming across the Iraqi border, and they are an increasingly lethal part of the problem.

Insurgent attacks are back up between 60 and 70 per week. Car bombs now average 30 a week, up from just one a week in January of 2004.

In the seven weeks since the Iraqi government has been seated, more than 1,000 people have been killed.

The good news is -- and there is some good news -- but the good news is that some disgruntled Sunnis are finally beginning to make the switch from violence to politics.

The bad news is, a whole lot of them are not.

And Iraq's porous borders are being penetrated by well-trained, fanatical jihadists who find a seemingly endless supply in what should not surprise us, somewhat of the excess of 600,000 tons of munitions that we acknowledged existed, that we pointed out we could not guard because we had insufficient forces to guard them as long as 18 to 20 months ago.

Our military is doing everything that is possible and I would suggest more. But there's not enough of them and there are not enough fully trained or capable Iraqi forces to take territory and maintain it from the insurgents.

Our forces go out and clean out towns. But then they move to the next hornet's nest. They lack the resources to lead a strong residual force behind to prevent the insurgents from returning to and intimidating the fence-sitters who are too afraid to take a chance on behalf of the government.

I heard, with every general and every flight officer with whom I spoke about the inability to mount a serious counterinsurgency effort.

Second, Iraqi security forces are very gradually improving. But they are still no match for the insurgents without significant coalition support.

.......

Right now, there are 107 battalions in uniform being trained by us.

Three of those are fully capable. Translated: It means they can do the job without any Americans hanging around with them. They can do the job.

Somewhere around 27 are somewhat capable, meaning they can do the job but backed up by a significant American presence -- backed up by.

The rest are in varying degrees of ability to be able to in any way enhance the security circumstance with American forces.

SoM wrote:i dont fucking care, let them fuckers blow them selfs up to pieces

Keep It Real wrote:

SoM wrote:i dont fucking care, let them fuckers blow them selfs up to pieces

SoM wrote:

Keep It Real wrote:

SoM wrote:i dont fucking care, let them fuckers blow them selfs up to pieces

thats keeping it real :icon14:

Ryoki wrote:Hmm, some idiocy in this thread.

Keep It Real wrote:

SoM wrote:

Keep It Real wrote:

thats keeping it real :icon14:

OP has a picture of Master Shake from Cartoon Network as his icon, he's obviously not mature or intelligent to fuck with politics anyway, thats real

rep wrote:

Booger wrote:Eliminate 1/2 the problem, anywayz.....
...ban automobiles except for the military and wave bye bye to car bombs. and for those who need an auto to get to work....ride a HORSE

Shut the fuck up, idiot. We supposedly went there to liberate them.

bitWISE wrote:

Keep It Real wrote:

SoM wrote: thats keeping it real :icon14:

OP has a picture of Master Shake from Cartoon Network as his icon, he's obviously not mature or intelligent to fuck with politics anyway, thats real

This has nothing to do with politics. This has to do with the fact that 8 of my friends have been risking their lives in this half-assed war. I thought people would appreciate reading what the media wont tell you.

Oh and I had sex with my gf after she made me dinner last night. Nice try though.

Keep It Real wrote:

bitWISE wrote:

Keep It Real wrote: OP has a picture of Master Shake from Cartoon Network as his icon, he's obviously not mature or intelligent to fuck with politics anyway, thats real

This has nothing to do with politics. This has to do with the fact that 8 of my friends have been risking their lives in this half-assed war. I thought people would appreciate reading what the media wont tell you.

Oh and I had sex with my gf after she made me dinner last night. Nice try though.

bitWISE, you don't have any friends