More and more signs that we are winning big time in Iraq - the latest report shows the total troops lost in July as 10 which is the lowest number since the beginning of the Iraq War. Now, to me, I want ZERO troop deaths so this is not a celebration but it does show the outstanding job that American troops are doing in Iraq. Here's some of the details from Breitbart:
And look at those numbers of Iraqi civilians killed - down 75% !
Looks like a perfect time for Senator Barack Hussein Obama's call for surrender - let's clear out as soon as possible, doofus, so that those Iraqi civilian deaths can climb back up into the thousands per month, right?
The American troops and their commanders have simply made one of the biggest military turnarounds in recorded history and instead of the limelight being on their heroic efforts, we are witnessing in America all of the eyes on some mamby pamby spineless rookie politician who thinks he can talk his way to a world wide Utopia. It makes my blood boil.
The monthly U.S. toll in Iraq fell to its lowest point since the war began, with at least 10 American deaths as July drew to a close Thursday after the departure of the last surge brigade.
Iraqis also are dying at dramatically lower numbers with the war in its sixth year. July saw the lowest civilian toll since December 2005, though a series of suicide bombings this week and rising ethnic tensions in northern Iraq reflect the fragility of the security successes.
An Associated Press tally shows that at least 510 Iraqi civilians and security force members were killed in July, a 75 percent drop from the 2,021 deaths in the same period last year as the U.S. troop buildup aimed at quelling rampant Sunni-Shiite violence was nearing its peak.
And look at those numbers of Iraqi civilians killed - down 75% !
Looks like a perfect time for Senator Barack Hussein Obama's call for surrender - let's clear out as soon as possible, doofus, so that those Iraqi civilian deaths can climb back up into the thousands per month, right?
The American troops and their commanders have simply made one of the biggest military turnarounds in recorded history and instead of the limelight being on their heroic efforts, we are witnessing in America all of the eyes on some mamby pamby spineless rookie politician who thinks he can talk his way to a world wide Utopia. It makes my blood boil.
US toll in Iraq hits all-time low as month ends
BAGHDAD (AP) - The monthly U.S. toll in Iraq fell to its lowest point since the war began, with at least 10 American deaths as July drew to a close Thursday after the departure of the last surge brigade.
Iraqis also are dying at dramatically lower numbers with the war in its sixth year. July saw the lowest civilian toll since December 2005, though a series of suicide bombings this week and rising ethnic tensions in northern Iraq reflect the fragility of the security successes.
An Associated Press tally shows that at least 510 Iraqi civilians and security force members were killed in July, a 75 percent drop from the 2,021 deaths in the same period last year as the U.S. troop buildup aimed at quelling rampant Sunni-Shiite violence was nearing its peak.
The drastic decline in violence over the past year has led to increasing optimism among American commanders, who have been wary of declaring success after past lulls proved short-lived. It also has become a key issue in the U.S. presidential campaign.
"The progress is still reversible," President Bush said Thursday in Washington. But he said a new "degree of durability in gains" should permit him to announce further U.S. troop reductions later this year.
The last of five combat brigades sent as part of the so-called surge returned home in July, leaving about 145,000 U.S. troops in Iraq. That's still higher than the roughly 130,000-135,000 who were here before the troop increase.
But the American soldiers appear to be taking on more of a peacekeeping role after many Sunni and Shiite extremists agreed to stop fighting.
The U.S. military has pointed to a Sunni revolt against al-Qaida in Iraq and a truce by anti-American Shiite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr as playing a large part in the drop in violence, along with the troop buildup and improvements in training Iraqi security forces.
Baghdad—the site of the some of the worst sectarian violence that pushed the country to the brink of civil war—has been turned into a maze of concrete walls and checkpoints that make it difficult for militants to function.
"The key mission for the United States looking forward is to maintain the cease-fires and prevent people from going back to the warpath," said Stephen Biddle, an analyst at the Council on Foreign Relations who has advised the U.S. military command in Iraq.
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