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cwemory
Joined: 14 Jan 2006
Location: Gunpo, Korea
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 Posted: Thu Oct 19, 2006 7:14 am Post subject: Bush accepts Iraq-Vietnam echoes |
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Bush accepts Iraq-Vietnam echoes
BBC News
President George W Bush has accepted that the surge in violence in Iraq may be equivalent to America's traumatic experience in the Vietnam War.
Mr Bush told ABC News that it could be right to compare Iraq's situation to the 1968 Tet offensive, widely seen as a key turning point in the conflict.
But he denied that the rising number of Iraqi and US military deaths meant the Iraq campaign was failing.
October is on course to be one of the bloodiest months for US forces in Iraq.
So far about 70 troops have died, and with an average of three Americans dying every day this is one of the highest casualty rates sustained by the US military since January 2005. |
Read the rest here:http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/6065050.stm |
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tiger fancini
Joined: 21 Mar 2006
Location: Testicles for Eyes
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| Posted: Thu Oct 19, 2006 4:21 pm Post subject: Re: Bush accepts Iraq-Vietnam echoes |
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October is on course to be one of the bloodiest months for US forces in Iraq.
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Goddam it, those months keep getting bloodier and bloodier. What I find confusing is the yo-yo-ing of how this war/campaign is reported. One moment we are told that things are looking up, improvements are being made and the Iraqi security forces are getting better and will "soon" be able to assume more control. Then BANG! The next day we hear "this been the bloodiest day/week/month since.... with x number of Iraqi civilian/Coalition forces deaths. |
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Ya-ta Boy
Joined: 16 Jan 2003
Location: Established in 1994
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| Posted: Fri Oct 20, 2006 1:59 am Post subject: |
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| What I find confusing is the yo-yo-ing of how this war/campaign is reported. |
I feel exactly the same way.
The only thing I can figure out is that when there is a spaight of deaths and the news gets particularly grim, the administration goes on another 'there is light at the end of the tunnel' media campaign. |
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