Comments on: What’s really happening in Iraq? http://dangerousintersection.org/2008/03/21/whats-really-happening-in-iraq/ Human Animals at the Crossroads of Culture, Science, Religion and Media Fri, 09 Jan 2009 12:10:27 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.5 By: Erich Vieth http://dangerousintersection.org/2008/03/21/whats-really-happening-in-iraq/#comment-17313 Erich Vieth Tue, 01 Apr 2008 05:09:55 +0000 http://dangerousintersection.org/2008/03/21/whats-really-happening-in-iraq/#comment-17313 Refugees International estimates that up to five million Iraqis have been displaced since 2003. That’s one-in-five Iraqis who have had to flee their homes since the US-led invasion of their country. Two-and-a-half million Iraqis have been internally displaced, and an equal number have managed to leave the country to Jordan, Lebanon, Egypt, Turkey, the Gulf States and, most of all, Syria, which hosts 1.5 million Iraqis. http://www.democracynow.org/2008/3/31/exodus_where_will_iraq_go_next Refugees International estimates that up to five million Iraqis have been displaced since 2003. That’s one-in-five Iraqis who have had to flee their homes since the US-led invasion of their country. Two-and-a-half million Iraqis have been internally displaced, and an equal number have managed to leave the country to Jordan, Lebanon, Egypt, Turkey, the Gulf States and, most of all, Syria, which hosts 1.5 million Iraqis.

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]]> By: grumpypilgrim http://dangerousintersection.org/2008/03/21/whats-really-happening-in-iraq/#comment-17069 grumpypilgrim Sat, 22 Mar 2008 21:30:04 +0000 http://dangerousintersection.org/2008/03/21/whats-really-happening-in-iraq/#comment-17069 Whatever is "really happening" in Iraq, one thing is certain: by the time this Easter weekend is over, the death toll of American troops will likely top 4,000. Not that this matters to the Bush Administration, which appears to place no limit on how many people should die to protect Bush's legacy...er, I mean, to protect America from all those scary terrorists. And, speaking of all those scary terrorists, the sad thing (well, among all the other sad things about Bush's nightmarish presidency) is that the total number of genuine, hard-core, anti-American terrorists on this entire planet is probably much less than 4,000. Meanwhile, as the American economy slides into oblivion (the U.S. dollar is now worth less than the Canadian dollar!), I continue to be amazed by how much damage Osama bin Laden has caused to America with a handful of boxcutters and a score of followers. Who could ever have imagined that America would shoot itself so badly in the foot? Whatever is “really happening” in Iraq, one thing is certain: by the time this Easter weekend is over, the death toll of American troops will likely top 4,000. Not that this matters to the Bush Administration, which appears to place no limit on how many people should die to protect Bush’s legacy…er, I mean, to protect America from all those scary terrorists.

And, speaking of all those scary terrorists, the sad thing (well, among all the other sad things about Bush’s nightmarish presidency) is that the total number of genuine, hard-core, anti-American terrorists on this entire planet is probably much less than 4,000.

Meanwhile, as the American economy slides into oblivion (the U.S. dollar is now worth less than the Canadian dollar!), I continue to be amazed by how much damage Osama bin Laden has caused to America with a handful of boxcutters and a score of followers. Who could ever have imagined that America would shoot itself so badly in the foot?

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