How can these guys keep saying the surge is working? Over the past week, including tonght on LKL pundits were saying the surge was working and NO ONE was challenging them. Are they all afraid that if they speak the truth they won't be invited back? It sure looks like it. Meanwhile McSwine is telling us that it's safe to walk around in Bagdad! What he's not telling us is that he's got a flack jacket on and he's surrounded by 100 GI's AND he's in the "green zone." I guess it's green because of all the f-ing money we've thrown around in there.
Where I come from if something is "working" you can tell because you're getting results. Fridge is working-food is cold, car is working-it's running smooth. So how come when they say the surge is working they never offer up any evidence of that? And what would show us that it's working? I'd be happy that it was working if, for example, the number of US casualties who died in mar. 07 was substantially less than the number of go our boys who died in feb. 07. Unfortunately and unbelievably that IS NOT THE CASE!!! There has been an increase in both the number of US casualties and Iraqi army and civilian causalties. How the F can they say it's "working" when things are staying the same /getting worse? Why do they go unchallenged when they say it? Why can't one pundit have the balls to say the surge isn't working? Americans are dying at the same rate they've been dying at for the last few months. see below. Keep in mind that april is only 3 days old and it's already at 10!!!
Period US UK Other* Total Avg Days
4-2007 10 2 0 12 4 3
3-2007 81 1 0 82 2.65 31
2-2007 80 3 1 84 3 28
1-2007 83 3 0 86 2.77 31
12-2006 112 1 2 115 3.71 31
11-2006 70 6 2 78 2.6 30
10-2006 106 2 2 110 3.55 31
9-2006 72 3 2 77 2.57 30
8-2006 65 1 0 66 2.13 31
7-2006 43 1 2 46 1.48 31
6-2006 61 0 2 63 2.1 30
5-2006 69 9 1 79 2.55 31
4-2006 76 1 5 82 2.73 30
3-2006 31 0 2 33 1.06 31
2-2006 55 3 0 58 2.07 28
1-2006 62 2 0 64 2.06 31
12-2005 68 0 0 68 2.19 31
11-2005 84 1 1 86 2.87 30
10-2005 96 2 1 99 3.19 31
9-2005 49 3 0 52 1.73 30
8-2005 85 0 0 85 2.74 31
7-2005 54 3 1 58 1.87 31
6-2005 78 1 4 83 2.77 30
5-2005 80 2 6 88 2.84 31
4-2005 52 0 0 52 1.73 30
3-2005 35 1 3 39 1.26 31
2-2005 58 0 2 60 2.14 28
1-2005 107 10 10 127 4.1 31
12-2004 72 1 3 76 2.45 31
11-2004 137 4 0 141 4.7 30
10-2004 64 2 2 68 2.19 31
9-2004 80 3 4 87 2.9 30
8-2004 66 4 5 75 2.42 31
7-2004 54 1 3 58 1.87 31
6-2004 42 1 7 50 1.67 30
5-2004 80 0 4 84 2.71 31
4-2004 135 0 5 140 4.67 30
3-2004 52 0 0 52 1.68 31
2-2004 20 1 2 23 0.79 29
1-2004 47 5 0 52 1.68 31
12-2003 40 0 8 48 1.55 31
11-2003 82 1 27 110 3.67 30
10-2003 44 1 2 47 1.52 31
9-2003 31 1 1 33 1.1 30
8-2003 35 6 2 43 1.39 31
7-2003 48 1 0 49 1.58 31
6-2003 30 6 0 36 1.2 30
5-2003 37 4 0 41 1.32 31
4-2003 74 6 0 80 2.67 30
3-2003 65 27 0 92 7.67 12
Total 3257 136 124 3517 2.38 1476
For complete stats look here
http://icasualties.org/...