Baghdad: A Warzone?
First off, Merry Christmas all. This has definately been a much needed holiday for not only Americans, but those all around the world. One event today that I will talk about occured in Iraq. The Stamford, CT based World Wrestling Entertainment held a series of matches for our troops stationed there. Interestingly enough, the ring has been built outdoors in downtown Baghdad (right next to former Hussien occupied Al Faw Palace, currently Camp Victory). Quite an intense "warzone" if we have wrestling going on in downtown Baghdad for the enjoyment of thousands of troops (not just US).
Very quickly, let me go on here with some statistics:
According to the Department of Defense 2,972 American soldiers have been killed since the invasion in March 2003. Lets add the other Coalition casualties, bringing the number to 3,219. That adds up to around 2.5 casualities per day (rounding up) since the beginning of the war.
To compare: In 2005, 16,692 people were murdered here in the United States. That adds up to around 45.7 per day (I rounded down here).
Now, I am not saying that those fallen overseas are less significant or shouldn't be recognized...but when the high-and-mighty media says things like "civil war," "we are loosing," and that we should submit and withdraw, I have to take a step back and think to myself, "how can this be true?" Well, it isnt, and I will tell you that these people in the media lie. This is not spinning anymore, this is outright lying to the US people.
Want more? A liberal site called "Iraq Body Count" boasts that anywhere from 51,814 to 57,368 Iraqi's have been killed since the invasion in '03 (taking the larger number, thats 41.9 people per day, in WARZONE conditions). Most of this violence can be attributed to the terror insurgencies and militias currently being funded and trained by Iran and Syria (and fighting one another). At 45.7 people per day here at home, are we in civil war? I mean, I don't particular like Hillary or Kerry, but I am definately not at war with them...
Additional points to note:
-Out of Iraq's 18 provinces, only 3 are seeing the bulk of violence.
-Iraq death rates are estimated to have been from 70 to 150 civilians per day under the 24 years of Saddam Hussein rule, mainly due to his radical agenda, secret police and death sqauads targeted at those who disagreed with his ideals.
-CNN, the New York Times, MSNBC and other liberal media outlets have not shown you any of the above information...yet burning cars and videos of the enemy killing our troops (but not videos of our victories, because that is "propaganda" according to them) get airtime.
Very quickly, let me go on here with some statistics:
According to the Department of Defense 2,972 American soldiers have been killed since the invasion in March 2003. Lets add the other Coalition casualties, bringing the number to 3,219. That adds up to around 2.5 casualities per day (rounding up) since the beginning of the war.
To compare: In 2005, 16,692 people were murdered here in the United States. That adds up to around 45.7 per day (I rounded down here).
Now, I am not saying that those fallen overseas are less significant or shouldn't be recognized...but when the high-and-mighty media says things like "civil war," "we are loosing," and that we should submit and withdraw, I have to take a step back and think to myself, "how can this be true?" Well, it isnt, and I will tell you that these people in the media lie. This is not spinning anymore, this is outright lying to the US people.
Want more? A liberal site called "Iraq Body Count" boasts that anywhere from 51,814 to 57,368 Iraqi's have been killed since the invasion in '03 (taking the larger number, thats 41.9 people per day, in WARZONE conditions). Most of this violence can be attributed to the terror insurgencies and militias currently being funded and trained by Iran and Syria (and fighting one another). At 45.7 people per day here at home, are we in civil war? I mean, I don't particular like Hillary or Kerry, but I am definately not at war with them...
Additional points to note:
-Out of Iraq's 18 provinces, only 3 are seeing the bulk of violence.
-Iraq death rates are estimated to have been from 70 to 150 civilians per day under the 24 years of Saddam Hussein rule, mainly due to his radical agenda, secret police and death sqauads targeted at those who disagreed with his ideals.
-CNN, the New York Times, MSNBC and other liberal media outlets have not shown you any of the above information...yet burning cars and videos of the enemy killing our troops (but not videos of our victories, because that is "propaganda" according to them) get airtime.
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