Saturday, September 02, 2006
Best Tactical Response
Why the U.S. Is Holding Its Fire on Iran
67 killed in latest Iraqi bombings
Bloody summer in Baghdad with record casualties on all sides
....U.S. and European diplomats have agreed, according to several sources, that the best tactical response is tact...Hmmm. Seems like I remember hearing dialogue similar to this about another country that started with "I". I wonder how we're doing there?
...For his part, President Bush didn't exactly seem to be playing along with the game plan. Speaking to veterans at the American Legion convention in Salt Lake City, he responded with a sharp condemnation of Tehran's actions; "The world now faces a grave threat from the radical regime in Iran," Bush said. "We know the depth of suffering that Iran's sponsorship of terrorists has brought. And we can imagine how much worse it would be if Iran were allowed to acquire nuclear weapons...
67 killed in latest Iraqi bombings
At least 67 people have been killed in a series of rocket and bomb attacks in Baghdad.
The latest fatalities bring the death toll this week to over 400...
Bloody summer in Baghdad with record casualties on all sides
...Around 3,500 civilians were killed in Iraq in July, one of the highest death tolls for a month since the US led invasion of 2003.It doesn't sound good, does it? Wouldn't all these fatalities be good enough reason for the US to hold "Its Fire on Iran"? I wouldn't think we could fare better with them. They haven't even been economically sanctioned for 10 or so years.
Meanwhile August was one of the most lethal months for the Americans with the killing of 53 soldiers and marines...
