Victory in Iraq Day?!?

Looks to me like blondie should’ve had an “Invest” sticker instead of “Impeach”…

Who took the photos? Are you sure they are all from Iraq?

Will they be protesting during the Obama Admin, or was their protest dependent upon who is President more than what the policy is? (rhetorical question)

sanjay,

Personally I didn’t think “Victory Day” was a great idea; there’s a lot of room here for egg on our face. But since it was organized by Gathering of Eagles, many conservative blogs, and the desire to boost morale and show appreciation for the hard-won efforts of our military and coalition forces when every day has been declared “defeat day” by msm, might as well move with the herd and lend support.

Iraq isn’t going to be perfect for a long, long time. That said, these suicide bombings are happening less and less frequently. If all the media does is telegraph it to create the impression that there’s still an epidemic problem, it undermines confidence and it plays right into the hands of the enemy who want to create big splashes in media headlines; to still be relevant; to sabotage reconstruction efforts and the will of the Iraqis and Americans.

What is important and what is victory, is that we get to a point where Iraq is strong enough to defend itself and take on the grunt work and brunt work. They are already doing much of this, with U.S. forces in support position, rather than in the lead.

Iraqi bomber was mentally disabled woman

BAGHDAD, Nov. 24 (UPI) — One of two bombers who struck in Baghdad Monday was a mentally disabled woman whose explosives were detonated by remote control, officials said.

Brig. Gen. Qassim Atta, an Iraqi military spokesman, told CNN the incident outside the city’s Green Zone was the latest in a series of terrorist bombings in which woman have been used to launch attacks.

At least 18 people, including 15 women, died in the two Monday attacks, officials said.

In the Green Zone incident, two women — one reportedly pregnant — were among the five victims when an explosives vest strapped to the mentally disabled woman detonated in a line of workers waiting to be searched at a checkpoint, The Times of London reported.

The Green Zone, also known as the International Zone, houses Iraqi government offices and the headquarters of U.S. forces in Iraq.

In an earlier explosion, 13 women died on a bus taking them to work at the Iraqi Trade Ministry building when the vehicle was blasted by a so-called sticky bomb attached to its side, the newspaper said.

A U.S. military spokesman said that two Iraqi army members and three civilians were among the dead in the second attack.

“[...]. That said, these suicide bombings are happening less and less frequently.”

Perhaps suicide bombing are, but these are on the rise.

(Reuters) – Iraqi and U.S. officials are concerned about an apparent surge in “sticky bombs,” explosives fixed to vehicles with magnets or glue, as a tactic for assassinating Iraqi officials.

The use of such small explosives by Sunni insurgents and Shi’ite militiamen is not a new phenomenon in more than five years of war in Iraq.

But U.S. and Iraqi security officials are paying renewed attention on the bombs in the last two months, especially in the capital Baghdad.

“It seems we have had an uptick, 21 sticky bombs in the last month of October (in Iraq),” U.S. military spokesman Lieutenant Colonel Steven Stover said.

This is the fourth the fourth consecutive day of rising violence in Baghdad.

“This is the fourth the fourth consecutive day of rising violence in Baghdad.”

Oh, bullshit.

You miss the glaringly obvious point that the victims are all Iraqis.

I’ll leave it as an exercise for the class to figure out why this is important.

You first, sanitas.

Why stop with “Victory in Iraq Day”, wingnuts? Why not have a “Victory in Vietnam Day” “John McCain Presidential Victory Day,” “Thank You GWB for 8 Great Years Day”, “Cubs win World Series Day”!

And you wingnut ladies can join in with “My Right-Wing Husband Gives Me an Orgasm EVERY TIME Day”!

Shoot, you all can even get the celebrating started four years early with “Palin/Joe the Plumber 2012 Landslide Victory Day”!

Heads up Wordsmith.

If you are familiar with posters at AJ’s Strata-sphere, note, that one is no longer there, for good reason.

AJ has the patience of a Saint, I was amazed that it took him so long to ban it and all of it’s tentacles.