Isn't it amazing how the violence picks up every time we talk of "withdrawal?"
That sure is tortured logic, readers -- unless....
"US troops now a 'coalition of one' in Iraq" by CHELSEA J. CARTER, Associated Press | August 1, 2009
BAGHDAD -- .... Little attention was paid in Iraq to what effectively ended the so-called coalition of the willing, with the U.S. - as the leader of Multi-National Force, Iraq - letting the withdrawals pass without any public demonstration....
Just wondering who is responsible for the, MSM, unless it's up to bloggers to get out the.... right. Oh, that's also because we are not withdrawing, but....
US troops back on patrol in Iraq
Nearly a month after American troops officially withdrew from urban areas in Iraq, they are quietly going back in again, patrolling the streets of towns and cities where, despite improvements in security, violence remains an everyday occurrence.
See my Iraq labels for what other crap the Globe has been shoveling this week.
The coalition had a troubled history and began to crumble within months of the U.S.-led invasion as many countries faced political and social unrest over an unpopular war.
Feeling pretty damn impotent right now, American, as the USraeli empire prepares WWIII?
Don't believe me, just read your paper?
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Globe kept it quiet, too:
"Bombings continue at Iraqi mosques" by Hadeel Al-Shalchi, Associated Press | August 2, 2009
BAGHDAD - Also yesterday, Britain and Australia withdrew the last of their forces from Iraq, leaving only American troops on the ground.
The quiet end of the coalition of forces in Iraq was a departure from its creation. President George W. Bush spent months before and after the March 2003 invasion trying to court nations to join forces against Saddam Hussein.
How OFFENSIVE!
Yes, Bush was LOVINGLY "courting" nations back when!
Is that how it REALLY HAPPENED?
I seem to remember him THREATENING THEM with AID CUTOFFS!!!!
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