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Iraq has disappeared from the pages of America's MSM rags, because all that is coming out of George W. Bush's war is good news -- troop deaths halved, a major Shia and Sunni fatwa urging peace and democracy, the central government revenue sharing with Sunni dominated states and al Qaeda mercenaries dying under a hail of American lead. OOORAH!

While the majority of the American media and public jumped on the Democrat defeat wagon of surrender and appeasement President Bush, a real man and leader, calmly stayed the course and let the U.S. military do its job. Now it is apparent that the Democrat's longed for defeat can only be snatched from the jaws of victory if they can fool the American people into accepting Democrats and wimpy conservatives message of cutting and running despite the reality in Iraq.

p>That's why the Democrats and their propaganda machine are so terrified to talk about Iraq -- we're winning thanks to George W. Bush and the men and women of the U.S. military. The two entities of strength in the U.S. liberals hate the most. br> -- Michael Tomlinson br> Jacksonville, North Carolina /p>

I find it both amusing and astounding to listen to morons like McCain and Pentagon generals talk about the so-called "surge" being a "success." Their assessment being solely based upon fewer American deaths, and explosions around Baghdad?

Idiocy! Totally illogical. Picture this: WWI troops, huddled in a 7 foot trench half-full water, congratulating each other on the fact that a whole day has passed without the enemy shooting at them, calling it a "success." Face it, American occupation troops fight in a solely defensive position. Except for kicking in a few Iraqi home's doors, they must wait to be attacked. Result: it is the enemy, not them, that determines the frequency and amount of warfare!

Body count? Remember Vietnam? Bodies were counted on the Viet Cong side. How many insurgent kills have you heard lately? (Insurgents is a code word for Iraqis) It obviously would not be politically correct to brag about how many Iraqis, American occupation forces kill each day, would it?

Bottom line: Americans are being fed a huge scoop of propaganda by the Bush administration, air-headed Pentagon generals, members of the military industrial complex, and those Senators and Representatives whom they donate large amounts of money to.

Killing Iraqis, so that they can enjoy American-style democracy, a Protestant Christian invention, makes no sense at all. Given that half the Iraqi population are illiterate and Muslim.

p>Ending this sham must be done as quickly as possible. As candidate Ron Paul said, it's past time to give the Iraqis back their country. Four years of occupation by American troops has wasted 3,000 American lives and half $1 trillion, with nothing to show for it. Only total fools want to keep it going. br> -- Samuel A. Hill

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