I'm trying to respond to an LTTE from a guy that is obviously divorced from reality... but, it seems we are fast approaching 50,000 casualties in Iraq, if they are accurate.
http://icasualties.org/oif/Here is the LTTE below that I'm responding to - I know, he's cuckoo for cocoa puffs crazy, but I bet this is how Team Bush will spin it, as I'm sure this guy got it from Limbaugh or Hannity or O'Reilly.
Our policy in Iraq is a success. All the major milestones have been achieved. Saddam Hussein was removed from power and tried for his crimes against humanity. His ability to obtain weapons of mass destruction has been terminated. An interim government was established and authority was transferred to it. Iraqi elections where held on schedule. The elected officials organized their government and are now taking on more of the responsibility of running their country.
There were naysayers all along the way, insisting that each milestone would be missed. These naysayers included some of the same retired generals and politicians who call this a "failed policy." It was predicted that we would suffer 50,000 casualties in the takeover of Baghdad. Countless such predictions have been proved false. But that does not stop critics from continuing to predict failure and exaggerate our setbacks.
Our enemies and the opponents of the war call this a "failed policy." The policy will fail if it continues to be undermined by people who want the policy to fail for their personal gain and by those who are misled into parroting: "Failed policy." "Failed policy."
The war on terror is in the first few minutes of the first quarter of the first game of the season. To win, we must tout our successes, learn from our setbacks and not predict failure.
http://www.courant.com/news/opinion/letters/hc-lets1108.artnov08,0,4814347.story?page=2&coll=hc-headlines-letters
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